The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ikeja Chapter, Alhaji Dally Adeokun on Thursday penned an emotional nostalgia tribute to the late Executive Chairman of Onigbongbo LCDA , Hon Babatunde Oke, who passed on exactly one year ago,12th August 2021.
The Party Chieftain gave an incisive political history of the late Council Boss, an awardee of the prestigious Lagos Panorama SDG Grassroots Award who died after a protracted sickness shortly after the ease off from the first wave COVID-19 Lockdown.
Alhaji Adeokun described Hon Oke as “Okajue”, he performed excellently, bequitting (among others) a befitting Council Secretariat for the LCDA” he stated.
Read the full tribute:
TRIBUTE TO LATE HON. FRANCIS BABATUNDE OKE
1. I FIRST MET F.B.O. DURING JUNE 12 CRISIS ,1994 TO 1996.
2. WE BECAME CLOSED DURING OUR SOJOURN IN DPN IN WHICH HE WAS OUR VICE CHAIRMANSHIP CANDIDATE (REPRESENTING IKEJA JF) AND WE RAN A CAMPAIGN THAT WAS SECOND TO NONE AND UNPRECEDENTED IN THE HISTORY OF IKEJA POLITICS.
3. WE MOVED TO AD (1998) AND HE NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE IN THE CAUSE OF ASSISTING OUR CANDIDATE IN THE THEN IKEJA LG.
4. BY YEAR 2000 I BECAME JF CHAIRMAN AND WE BELONGED TO THE “HARDLINERS ” / INNER CAUCAUS OF JF.
5. LATER, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES AS A RESULT OF WHAT HE PERCEIVED AS INJUSTICE TO HIM BUT LATER CAME BACK TO THE PARTY AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF ONIGBONGBO LCDA.
6. NICKNAMED “OKAJUE”, HE PERFORMED EXCELLENTLY BEQUITTING(AMONG OTHERS) A BEFITTING COUNCIL SECRETARIAT FOR THE LCDA .
7. ADIEU FBO, A BRIDGE BUILDER. ODI GBERE, ODI ARINAKO, ODI OJU ALA KATO RIRA WA.
8. MAY THE LORD CONFORT HIS FAMILY PARTICULARLY HIS AMIABLE WIFE AND CHILDREN.
L. A. DALLY-ADEOKUN
