The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mourned a former Commissioner in Lagos State and a notable politician, of Chief Ademola Adeniji Adele.
The Lagos Prince died in faraway India after he successfully underwent a surgery.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Tinubu said Adele’s death at 60 “saddens us all.”
“He was of great capacity and a consumate politician. He put his heart into whatever the assignment that was set before him. As a Commissioner of Sports in Lagos he excelled and our sports was the better for it. Even in politics, He loved Lagos dearly. He was a champion for Lagos and Lagos will remember him well.”
Tinubu prayed for the family of the departed that God will comfort them and keep them safe.
Adele, fondly called Papa is a Prince of Lagos and was very prominent in the politics and sports administration in the state and Nigeria. He also served as a deputy gubernatorial candidate under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, political platform before joining the All Progressives Congress, APC. His remains according to family sources would soon be flown home for a befitting burial. Adeniji-Adele, he is survived by wife, Tawakalitu and children.
