TRIBUTE: Chief C.O. Adebayo: Remembering a true hero one year after
- ✦In fact, Chief Adebayo was a thought leader, a progressive compass, and a calming presence in turbulent times.
- The late Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, former university lecturer, Second Republic governor of Kwara State, Senator, former minister of communications, and later transportation, a formidable figure of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), a leading voice for Afenifere, the Middle Belt Forum, and the Movement for National Reformation (MNR), amongst others, was one such person.
- His influence spanned politics, leadership, public service, community service, the Middle Belt Forum, the Yoruba nation, Kwara and Kogi States, and more.
- In fact, Chief Adebayo was a thought leader, a progressive compass, and a calming presence in turbulent times.
"We remember C.O. Adebayo today as a statesman who positively impacted many. He was deeply genial, with an astute, quick-witted intellect."
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The late Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, former university lecturer, Second Republic governor of Kwara State, Senator, former minister of communications, and later transportation, a formidable figure of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), a leading voice for Afenifere, the Middle Belt Forum, and the Movement for National Reformation (MNR), amongst others, was one such person.
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His influence spanned politics, leadership, public service, community service, the Middle Belt Forum, the Yoruba nation, Kwara and Kogi States, and more.
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I vividly remember the last time I saw him: in 2021, four years before his passing, when I visited him in his Abuja home.
