Then I bumped into late Oluwo Deinde Fernandez Anthonio's story. He was obsessionally rich, yet less publicized and the fact that Dele Momodu had to queue for ten years before having access to this late billionaire was the reason I was more interested in his story. I read he funded and sponsored two past American presidents. He had nine private jets and a large parcel of land full of diamond in Angola. His yacht named 'Yemoja' on the sea, used to be a tourist centre and meeting point for world leaders. He was a good friend of former American Presidents, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Bush; a close ally of late Mobutu Seseko, late Nelson Mandela and many others.
I lost interest in his stories when I didn't read of any significant effort he made to assist the less privilege. This magnificent being had no tangible contribution to his immediate environment and humanity in general. Those who took pain to impact on their immediate communities and society at large needs our commendation to encourage them do more. Regrettably, those who read stories that put such people in good light would label the author 'paid agent' for writing about them.
I got several messages in my facebook inbox after my first article about Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu (LADO) where I was commended for a job well done. Sadly enough, there was someone who saw things differently. He sent me a lengthy but hate-filled epistle about LADO. The critic offerred selfish reasons why I shouldn't support Hon. Adebutu for whatever reason. His baseless points made me researched more about the person of Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and to be perfectly honest, my findings made me fall in love with the sterling qualities of this distinguished Remo son.
I then concluded hate is a nothing but a sickness. People hate out of envy. The dedicated hater wants to do what the object of their hate is doing. They want to be the person they hate but they simply and traditionally can't be him. Those attacking LADO on social media are being sponsored by those who couldn't do what the Adebutus are known for.
Let me quickly reiterate here that this is not a campaign. This piece is simply based on what I gathered and observed and my findings made me rate him the best. One could write a book about the countless number of community-based developmental projects he started and completed single-handedly. The Civic Centre at Ikenne, the Sport Pavilion at Federal Government Girls College Sagamu and the ICT Centre at Ilishan were built by this Remo-born philanthropist. I equally gathered he's the brain behind the Nupe Community Mosque in Sagamu. He alone acquired a land and built a community primary school in Imuti-Ogijo. In conjunction with SMEDAN, he distributed vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles to many youths around Remo axis so much that wherever уσυ turn today in the entire Remo area, there would always be exotic cars and tricycles with the inscription 'Lado Empowerment'.
Over 50 communities in Remo alone were provided with transformers courtesy of this lawmaker. The other ∂αy, following complaints he got from people, he mobilized graders to fix some roads in Sagamu town. One of such roads is in Ayegbami area of the town. While the repair was going on, the APC-controlled Sagamu Local Government considered it an insult seeing a private citizen doing what government termed 'a huge challenge' ordered that the work be stopped. All these happened when he wasn't even in public office. As at last month, I scooped more than 200 students across Remo zone are on his scholarship.
Today, of all those arrogantly parading themselves as political giants and aspirants in Ogun today none has the parallel records. If tomorrow he chooses to contest for governorship seat, it would make a whole lots of sense afterall, of all the known aspirants for same seat, he's standing
tallest in all ramifications. Watson said 'he who constantly remembers the needy is on his own a nation builder'.
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