Politicians from all political divides on Thursday jettisoned their differences to attend the 9th year remembrance for late former governor Lamidi Adesina.
Lam-Adesina, who was governor between 1999 and 2003, died in 2012 at 74.
At the Felele house of the late former governor, venue of the event, former governors Rashidi Ladoja and Adebayo Alao-Akala, Alhaja Sarat Adesina as well as Lam’s deputy, Barr. Iyiola Oladokun were in attendance.
The Chief Imam of Ibadan and Grand Imam of Oyo State, Sheikh AbdulGaneey Agbotomokekere led other Islamic clerics to the 9th year Fidau. They prayed for the repose of the soul of the late former progressive leader.
Chief Imam of Oluyole, Alhaji Mudathir Bada, who gave sermon at the event, said that politicians are in the habit of forgetting God, adding that God, at anytime, can make leaders and remove anybody and nothing would happen.
Son of the late NADECO chieftain who is a former member of the house of representatives, Hon. Adedapo Lam-Adesina, thanked those who came to honour his late dad, saying that “the attendance has shown that everybody who want to be remembered after his demise must live a life of legacy.
Asked why some known faces were not in attendance, the APC chieftain said “We invited everybody. It was so stressful but we extended invites. However, we cannot say what made some of them to be absent from here. They would surely have reasons but that does not matter.”
He also spoke on the crisis rocking the party in the state. “We should not allow our selfish interest to spoil the party. I am confident we will get over it.”
Lam’s deputy, Oladokun, while giving the closing remarks thanked those who graced the event.
