The senator representing Ogun Central, Shuaib Salisu, has urged his colleagues in the 10th National Assembly to honour Senator Kunle Oyero, a member of the Senate in the Second Republic, on his 100th birthday.
Salisu told his colleagues about Senator Oyero’s birthday through a motion of urgent importance during the Senate plenary.
The motion was co-sponsored by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele and Senator Ede Dafinone (Delta Central), a son of Senator David Dafinone who was a contemporary of Senator Oyero.
The Ogun Central senator described Senator Oyero as “an elder statesman, foremost lawyer, exemplary public servant, uncommon philanthropist, and an illustrious predecessor in the Senate who attained an enviable milestone age of 100 years on Saturday, October 28, 2023, having been born on Sunday, October 28, 1923”.
Senator Oyero represented Ogun Central in the Second Republic alongside other notable members of that Senate, like Senators Dr. Joseph Wayas (Senate President), Olusola Saraki (Senate Leader), Abraham Adesanya, and David Dafinone.
Salisu described Pa Oyero as an accomplished legal practitioner who was called to the English Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1955, enrolled at the Supreme Court in Nigeria on February 16, 1956, and served the Nigerian Bar in various capacities, including Chairman of the Lagos Branch between 1967 and 1970, among others.
Read Also: Presidency lambasts Obi for aspersions on Judiciary, INEC
Extolling the centenarian, Salisu stressed that Senator Oyero, a member of the African Bar Association, Commonwealth Bar Association, and International Bar Association, held many positions, such as President of the Nigerian Youth Congress, Second Secretary of the Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria, and President of the Federation of Nigerian Youths.
“As a demonstration of his love for youths and education, he has awarded over 400 scholarships in the last 35 years, amongst other philanthropic gestures.
“In addition to being a senator, Oyero played significant roles in the politics of our dear country, including but not limited to serving as an elected member of the Chief Rotimi Williams-led Constitution Drafting Committee (popularly called the Committee of 50 Wise Men) set up by the then Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo, which drafted the 1979 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Salisu said.