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Punch Newspapers Sections Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, described the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu as a honest politician, who helped the Peoples Democratic Party to win the governorship election in Oyo State in 2003. Although Obasanjo did not mention Chief Rashidi Ladoja, he was the one who won the 2003 governorship. Obasanjo, while delivering the keynote address at a book presentation in honour of Adedibu at the Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan, said the late politician left good legacies. The former President, who wrote the foreword of the book titled, ‘Adedibu the strongman and generalissimo of Nigerian politics’, said loyalists of the late politician never left him because he was very generous. ....
Punch Newspapers Sections Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, described the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu as a “very honest” politician, who helped the Peoples Democratic Party to win the governorship election in Oyo State in 2003. Although Obasanjo did not mention former Governor Rashidi Ladoja, he was the one who won the 2003 governorship poll in the state. Obasanjo, while delivering the keynote address at the book launch in honour of Adedibu at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan, said Adedibu left good legacies. The former president, who wrote the foreword in the book titled ‘Adedibu, the strongman and generalissimo of Nigerian politics’, said loyalists of the late politician never left him because he was very generous. ....
Share Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, in Ibadan, Oyo State capital said without the support of Chief Lamidi Adedibu, the late strong man of Ibadan politics, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could not have produced a governor in Oyo during his tenure as the president of the country. He described Adedibu as witty, honest and loyal politician who left an indelible mark in the politics of South-West. Speaking at Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan during a book launch titled: “Adedibu The Strongman and Generallisimo of Nigerian Politics: An X-ray of the Political Life of a Colossus”, Obasanjo stated, “I am deeply concerned about this book launch. Within the time that I knew Baba Adedibu, he did excellently well.” ....