DR. ADEOLA BANJO VISITS REP. BABAJIMI BENSON, EXPRESSES GRATITUDE OVER HIS TENURES AS CHAIRMAN IKORODU NORTH LCDA. ...Describes Benson as extremely resilient, exceptionally rational, ethically respected, eloquently revolutionary, and endlessly reliable, in a book titled 'We Know He Cares'.

In a show of solidarity, nostalgia, and goodwill, the former Chairman, Ikorodu North LCDA, Dr. Builder Adeola Adebisi Banjo, in company of some of his cabinet members and Legislative Arm, paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman House Committee on Defence at the Green Chamber Abuja, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson MHR, on Saturday, November 1, 2025. The visit took place at JB's Constituency office in Igbogbo, Lagos State.

The former Chairman said in his address that the visit was an opportunity for him to thank Rep. Benson for backing his administration, and for standing by him during key moments in his leadership journey.

According to him: "I stand before you not as one who speaks of power, but as one who has been privileged to witness its purest form, which is service. As I lay down the mantle entrusted to me as Chairman of Ikorodu North LCDA, my heart is full, not of farewells, but of gratitude. For in the course of these years, I have seen what leadership looks like when it flows from conviction and not convenience, when it is driven by compassion and not competition.

"There are men whose presence feels like prophecy, leaders whose arrival aligns with the longings of a people. To such a leader, Ikorodu bows today. Honourable Babajimi Adegoke Benson, JB, your life has become a parable of what leadership should look like when it serves and not shouts, when it listens and not lords, when it heals and not hurries.

"I heard his name, Jimi, whispered in Isiwu, spoken in the news from Imota, echoed through the winds of Ijede, and carried in the rain over Baiyeku, not as a politician’s chant, but as a prayer that had found a face. He showed me that governance can descend from abstraction to affection, that leadership can kneel beside the people, and that a name can become a movement — Just Beacon, Judicious Bastion, Justice Bringer.

"Because of you, hopes once shelved have found expression. Because of your courage, quiet battles were won behind the scenes. Because of your selfless service, things long delayed are finally taking shape. You did not come to be seen; you came to serve. And in doing so, you became the turning wind across Ikorodu, touching every LCDA and the heart of our local government with a grace that uplifts, reforms, and restores."

Banjo, thereafter, on behalf of the good people of Ikorodu North LCDA, presented a frame titled “By Their Hands, We Rose”, reiterating that it's not mere as decoration, but as declaration that he recognized the hands that helped him rise. "Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, thank you for standing up when it mattered," Banjo said.

Also, Mr Babatunde Olowu, one of the great scholars in Nigeria, eloquently described Rep. Babajimi Benson as an extra ordinary person, noting that the Lawmaker is a carrier of ER. He equally talked about the Forthcoming Unveiling of JB as the Face of ER Nigeria.

"We honour Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, not for titles but for truth and transformation. Through his legislative work, his projects, and his compassion for people, he has shown that leadership can still be noble and service can still be sacred. In his conduct, ER has found meaning, and in his service, it has found a story.

"JB is a carrier of ER, a man extremely resilient, exceptionally rational, ethically respected, eloquently revolutionary, and endlessly reliable. He reminds us that influence without integrity is empty and that greatness is measured not by recognition but by responsibility.

"It is in this spirit that we announce today that Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson will, at a date to be officially announced, be unveiled as the Face of ER in Nigeria at a grand celebration where the book titled We Know He Cares: How JB Proved It in Law, Projects, and People will be publicly presented, and the newly revised Asiwaju’s Anthem will be performed by a full orchestra in his honour," Olowu revealed.

In his remarks, Rep. Babajimi Benson felt excited and happy over the gesture, stating that needs to thank Dr. Banjo for his political maturity. "My political differences with Banjo is not personal at all, but for the interest of our dear community," JB explained.

The Lawmaker further appreciated the former Chairman and his entourage for the honor bestowed over him, adding that if truly we love our community, we must ensure we handover baton of leadership to the younger generation.

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