Adebanjo: Abure visits family, recounts intervention in LP matters
By Tom Okpe
National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Barr Julius Abure has said Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s trouble shooting efforts, not only engendered peace in the Party, but also, propelled us into achieving massive successes in the last general election.
Barr Abure who led a team of Party executives to the Lagos State home of the Adebanjos over the weekend also, tasked the Scion of Pa Adebanjo family, Femi Adebanjo to emulate the legacies left behind by his late father by always insisting on equity, rule of law and fairness in all his endeavors.
He said, “I can remember whenever, crisis comes up, how he will summon me to Lagos. We will discuss and reach an amicable resolution of those crisis. He navigated several of such cases particularly, in Lagos State and today, Lagos State is one of the strongest base of the party.
“Our strong performance in the last general election can be credited to his several interventions.
“I learnt a lot from Pa Adebanjo personally, that culture of resistance, defending what is right, democracy and rule of law, I learnt from him.
“I am happy that the struggle to enthroned democracy in Nigeria was achieved in his life time. Many of his contemporaries were not that lucky. He saw unbroken democracy for close to 25 years and he participated in it.
“You will recall that Labour Party played a major role in the 2023 general election. Nigerians were desirous to have a third force political Party, one with a distinct ideology. So, when I took over the leadership of the Party, we decided to strategically, position the Party to play that role and we started searching for credible Nigerians who are of the the same mindset of good governance and for better Nigeria.
“We were able to identify and put together all our candidates from the Presidential candidate down to the least position and the ruling oligarchy didn’t believe what they saw in the 2023 general election.
“For the first time, we mobilized the youths of this country. For the first time, the youth, saw hope and they were living it, they envisioned themselves in it and we were able to achieve that change. Pa Adebanjo as old as he was, led the struggle.”
Abure who noted that Pa Adebanjo died a proud supporter of the LP, said the Party will stand by the family at all times.
Earlier, Abure who Welcomes some decamped members into the Party, led by Bartholomew Chima OmoBarca, also commissioning state of the art Ajeromi Ifelodun LGA Secretariat, donated by Omobarca.
In attendance were the 2025 Lagos State Party Gubernatorial candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour, Federal Capital Territory, FCT Chairman, Dr Dayo Ekong and members of Federal and State Assemblies.
