Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Ogun State,ย ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ค ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐
๐) at Badagry, Lagos.
KJW award is in honour of the first Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society preacher in Nigeria, Rev. Thomas Birch Freeman, who dedicated his lifetime to the gospel thy Lord Jesus Christ and Methodist church.
Rev. Thomas Freeman set foot on the coast of Badagry on the 24th September, 1842 and was later joined in December, 1842 by Rev. Henry Townsend. Both renowned clergymen performed the first ecumenical service of the church in Nigeria on 24th December, 1842 and the church spread Christianity across Nigeria via the Christian Missionary Society with the establishment of the first church at Ake, Abeokuta.
With the award, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu has added SIR to his title and a Knight of the Church. The ceremony was tagged 180th/60th Anniversary of the Methodist Church of Nigeria Special Award, held at Birch Freeman Methodist Church, Badagry, Lagos State.
Lado, as fondly called, also led his entourage to pay homage to ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐ผ๐๐ค๐ก๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ 1, ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฎ at his palace in Badagry, Lagos after the church ceremony.
