The son of the late Afenifere leader, Abraham Adesanya, Yinka Adesanya has lamented that it was unfortunate that most of the "so-called progressives" have abandoned the philosophies left behind by his late father.

The Adesanya's son made this observation while speaking during a meeting held by a People's Democratic Party(PDP) aspirant for the seat of Oyo South Senatorial district in the 2015 election, Mr. Mark Muyiwa Akinyode, with some political leaders from the area in Ibadan on Sunday.

The United Kingdom (UK) based Adesanya, however, added that he was not in the position to criticise any of the political associates of the late Afenifere leader,but could only advise them to place the interests of the Yoruba land and Nigeria at large above their personal interests.

He revealed that he decided to support Akinyode, who is seeking to contest the seat of Oyo South Senatorial district on PDP's platform because of his personal conviction on the readiness of the politician to serve his people selflessly.

According to him, the decision followed his realization that what matters in Nigeria politics today is personal qualities of individual politician, and not political affiliation, as it used to be in the past.

In his own address, Akinyode, who just returned to the country from the United Kingdom, promised to ensure quality representation and rapid development of all the nine council areas that made up the Senatorial District if given the opportunity.

The PDP Senatorial aspirant maintained that he decided to venture into politics because of the love and passion that he has for the Nigerian masses, especially the people at the grass roots.

The meeting was attended by a two-time member of the Oyo state House of Assembly and former Chairman of Ido Local Government Area of Oyo state, Isiaka Adeola, former Oyo State House of Assembly and Ibadan South-West Local Government Chairmanship candidate, Hon. Ayoola Olawale, and many other prominent political leaders in the area.