Abdul Azeez Kolawole Adeyemo
Abdul Azeez Kolawole Adeyemo
Background and political life
A clergy, a painter, a successful business man, and an orator who assumed his first political office in the
Alhaji A.A.K Adeyemo played a significant role as a Campaign Manager in the victory of the short lived government of Evangelist
Elder statesman
Alhaji Adeyemo was also a renowned leader of the PAN Yoruba Elders Consultative Forum popularly known as 'Afenifere'.[2] He was also instrumental in the creation of Ekiti State in October 1996. Following the restoration of democracy in the late 1990s shortly after the sudden and mysterious death of the military dictator General Sani Abacha,[3][4] Alhaji Adeyemo continued to be politically active and assumed the status of a 'Godfather' owing to his sphere of influence across the political terrain and oligarchy. This was demonstrated by his unquestionable role in the political aspiration of Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo as first Governor elect, Ekiti State, under the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria), in 1999.
A shortlist of his political alliances includes Samuel
Demise
'Alhaji how are you' died in hospital on March 12, 2002, after being rushed to hospital following a protracted high blood pressure resulting from a long-standing cardiovascular disease.
References
- ^ Opejobi, Seun (2018-12-30). "1983 coup: What Shehu Shagari did to Buhari for overthrowing his govt - Family reveals". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ Dr. Lanre Tytler (August 14, 2007). "Afenifere and Yoruba Council of Elders: Who and Where Are They?". NigeriaWorld. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Abacha dies at 54". BBC News. June 8, 1998.
- ^ a b c d "Abacha, Sani." Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 February 2007