By next month, precisely 30 April, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a towering elder-statesman, journalist-Lawyer, federalist, frontline Afenifere leader and one of the behemoths of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), who passed away peacefully in his Lekki, Lagos home, on 14 March, will begin his journey home. Though he departed at the ripe age of 96, his death is a big loss to journalism and the media. The late nonagenarian, was first and foremost, a journalist before his transition into law and politics. Even so, he remained on the Board of Tribune for decades, a measure that mirrors and underlines his personality as a valuable gift to journalism. His love for the media, was therefore, understandingly infectious, compelling. He evinced this during the June 12, 1993 struggles by NADECO for the restoration of democracy and late MKO Abiola’s electoral mandate.
As a consequence, I find it difficult to pen this tribute. I remember 14 March, the day that Pa Adebanjo, whose love…
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