This development has further authenticated that the chairman, Senate Committee on Local Content is a bonafide indigene and not a stranger as being portrayed in some quarters.
The former pro-chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Chief Lawrence Osayemi, said Adeola has been unanimously adopted and endorsed by the communities as their consensus candidate for the election.
He said, “Senator Adeola’s origin in Yewa is never in doubt, even though his detractors and adversaries call him various names ranging from ‘Tekobo’ through ‘Atohunrinwa’ to ‘foreigner,’ but we know he is a bonafide Isaga son, whose great grandfather, Olege migrated from Isaga-Orile, a Yewa town in the present Abeokuta North Local Government Area to Ago Ishaga, Pahayi, after the Dahomean invasion of Isaga-Orile on March 15, 1862.
“The invasion left the town devastated and there were family descendants, which led to the founding of so many Ishaga settlements across Yewa, Abeokuta, Lagos and the Republic of Benin.
“We had recognised him as one of our sons in Isaga since when he was serving at the Lagos State House of Assembly. Senator Adeola has been sufficiently equipped for the office having served in all facets of governance relevant to the position,” he added.
Prominent among those in attendance were the Olu of Iju Isaga, Oba Abaas Ajibode, Adele Oba of Ishaga Orile, Chief Yekini Odu, Baale of Isaga Owode, Chief Akinleye Adams, Professor Oyekunle Akinosi, and Venerable Sola Ladipo-Ajayi.
Senator Adeola representing Lagos West in the National Assembly, thanked the people for their support and promised not to fail them if voted into power.
He said, “I heard that some people said, I was once confused and in search of my root; that is not true. I have never claimed another root other than my ancestral home.
“I want to say I hold the governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, in very high esteem and I will never disrespect him as a governor of my own state.”
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