Olubadan decries deaths of elders
Company Reporter
THE Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has expressed fear about persistent deaths of Ibadan elders in latest occasions.
He expressed his fear in a press release issued in Ibadan by his spokesman, Mr. Adeola Oloko, whereas reacting to the demise of the Parakoyi of Ibadanland, Chief Bode Akindele,
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) experiences that Akindele, a profitable entrepreneur and philanthropist, died on Monday in Lagos on the age of 87.
The monarch expressed shock and disbelief over Akindele’s demise barely 4 days after the demise of Oyo State former governor Abiola Ajimobi.
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He lamented the passing away in latest occasions of excessive profile Ibadan indigenes just like the authorized luminary, Chief Richard Akinjide.
Others, he mentioned, had been veteran journalist Chief Areoye Oyebola, enterprise mogul Chief Muritala Adetunji, famend educationist Chief Emiola Adesina and famend agronomist Dr. Lalekan Are.
Oba Adetunji urged clerics and non secular leaders, regardless of affiliation, to intercede for the well-being of all residents, notably in Ibadanland the place folks had been dying slowly however steadily in latest occasions.
Olubadan decries deaths of elders