Governor Ododo Pays Tribute To Adebayo

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has described erstwhile politician of aged Kwara State, Senator Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, arsenic a statesman of uncommon integrity and distinction.

Ododo done his media aide, Ismaila Isah, said Adebayo, a arrogant lad of Oke Onigbin successful Kwara State, lived a beingness defined by integrity, brilliance and selfless work to his radical and the nation.

In a condolence missive to the household of the deceased, the politician declared that, “Chief Adebayo was a existent patriot who discharged his duties with fairness, imaginativeness and uncommon passion. As politician of the Old Kwara State, which comprised present-day Kwara and Kogi States, helium stood arsenic a bridge-builder, leaving down aureate footprints of enactment that proceed to animate america today.”

He added that Adebayo’s aboriginal work arsenic legislator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and curate of Communications and Transportation elevated his presumption arsenic 1 of Nigeria’s astir outstanding nationalist servants.

Ododo said Adebayo was a politician who believed successful the powerfulness of education, justice, and bully governance arsenic tools for nation-building, adding that his contributions would stay indelible successful the people’s hearts.

He said the radical of Kogi State, who stock successful the communal practice of the Old Kwara State, would proceed to retrieve Adebayo with heavy gratitude and respect.