Bimbo Daramola writes about the pivotal role played by the pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Abdulkareem Akande, in ensuring that the Fourth Republic stand on a strong footing, as he celebrated his 85th birthday this week.
Baba is a sharp cut and divide, spartan and austere in nature compared to many in the political class today, clearly a distinctive and distinguished representation of the old stock, principled, bold, unwavering, unshaken and unruffled by situations and circumstances.
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I have mental recollections of Baba Akande as a young boy from the days of my budding interest in political affairs, when politics was driven by purity of intentions and purpose as exemplified by the likes of Papa Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Ajibola Ige, Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Dr Ambrose Ali, all of them apart from Papa Awolowo were governors of the Unity Party of Nigeria.
Back then these calibre of politicians lived by the unwritten rule of putting the people first, to be obedient if not subservient to the code of conduct that is steeply rooted in a life of modesty and moderation not fanfare and garulity of modern day emperors that some personalities in power now exemplify.
Left to Baba Akande, the politics of the South West most likely would have remained politics of the South west, in literal sense because Baba Akande is not that politically adventurous, rather would like to prevent ideological stain and contamination, he believes that undue alliances could come with contagious realities.
Baba Akande believes that undue alliances would imply a compromise of ideals and ideology that he has subscribed to over the years, so he was ever cautious, but his implicit trust and believe in a younger more politically adventurous, very daring political maestro who also has the means convinced Baba Akande to allow the expansionist vision driven by no other than the Jagaban Borgu, the Asiwaju of Lagos, now literally Asiwaju of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Not a piece of cheese cake, it was bloody and bloodied, limbs and lives were lost. Thank God some of us are alive to tell the story but with deference to all the fallen heroes of those days of struggle.
One of the strongest human fortress and premium value collateral for the struggle in those days was Baba Bisi Akande, whose towering moral standards and reputation became our banner to push our ideological bent, slant and posturing.
But did the political foray eventually become a success, Yes to the extent that today a Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now the President of Nigeria, which was almost thought to be an impossibility looking at the realities of those times.
The very high premium that is the worth and value placed on the moral and integrity quotient of Baba Bisi Akande cannot be over emphasised in the journey of the Progressives (if that Ideological corner still exists in our political space today.) 152ee80cbc
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