Jare Babatunde
The Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has paid a tribute to the memory of his late predecessor and power broker, Sen. Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo, two years after his death.
Late Osinowo, popularly called, ‘Pepper’, died June 15, 2020, barely a year after he was elected as a Senator.
In a statement by Sen. Abiru, on Wednesday (yesterday), titled, ‘Senator Abiru Remembers Late Senator Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo (Pepper)’, the former banker and Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, described the day of Osinowo’s death as a dark day in the District.
“It is another June 15. That was the day darkness fell on the entire Lagos East Senatorial District and the entire Lagos State when we learnt about the painful departure of our esteemed leader and Distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic, Late Senator Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo (Lagos East) on June 15, 2020”, Sen. Abiru said.
“On behalf of the good people of Lagos East Senatorial District, I join eminent personalities in Lagos State, political associates and family of Late Senator Osinowo in marking his remembrance today”.
Abiru also said that late Osinowo was a great man who fought for the democratic rule during the military days at the expense of his life and also participated fully in the civil rule after it was attained in 1999 until his sudden death.
“Late Distinguished Senator Osinowo, who was my predecessor, was a great man in every sense of it. Pepper was a dogged fighter who risked all for what he believed in. He was in the trenches with the National Democratic Coalition(NADECO) in the struggles for the revalidation of the June 12 mandate of Late Chief MKO Abiola”, he said.
“When the country returned to civil rule in 1999, he was not on the sideline, he got involved in the political process alongside his co-pro democracy campaigner, our revered leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
“He made his mark in politics as an astute grassroots mobilizer, consummate legislator and builder of men. The lives late Osinowo impacted are too many to count. His sparkling legacies outlived him.
“As we remember this late illustrious member of the Lagos progressives, I pray for the repose of his soul. May Almighty Allah continue to be gracious to him in Aljannah”, Sen. Abiru prayed.
