A political trainee of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, who started his political career with the defunct Action Group, AG, in 1951, Isaac Adekunjo Akinleye, has finally bowed out of partisan politics after more than six decades.
Mr Akinleye, who was elected a councillor under the AG to represent old Igan Okoto ward in Egbado-Ketu District Council in 1958 and engaged in active politics for 62 years, announced his retirement from politics in a press statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article