Family, Friends Hold 8th Day Fidau for Niyi Odekunle

By Dayo Adu

Family, friends, acquaintances, Muslim community and the Radio Nigeria family have held the 8th Day Fidau for a former General Manager Paramount FM Abeokuta, Alhaji Adeniyi Mukhtar Odekunle at his Ibadan residence.

The gathering who recited various portions in the Holy Qur’an led by group of Imams and Alfas in submission to the supremacy of Almighty Allah , took their turns to extol the virtues of late Alhaji Odekunle during his lifetime.

In their separate tributes, his retired colleagues, former General Manager, Positive FM, Akure, Deacon Femi Oladipo, former Deputy Director News and Current Affairs, Radio Nigeria Ibadan Zonal Station, Asiwaju Tunde Abiodun and former General Manager, Premier FM, Ibadan, Alhaji Bashir Omotoso described the late Alhaji Odekunle as a thorough bred professional, jovial and friendly.

A one time Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Oyo State council, who is also the Public Relations Officer, The Polytechnic, Ibadan , Mogaji Soladoye Adewole under whose executive the late Odekunle served before he rose to the post of national Vice President, Zone B said the deceased was an administrator per excellence.

The Deputy Director, News and Current Affairs, Radio Nigeria Ibadan Zonal Station, Mr. Adewumi Faniran, who described the deceased as a friendly man loved by all lamented that Alhaji Odekunle’s wealth of experience would be greatly missed.

In a lecture, entitled ‘Life After Death’, the Chief Imam of Central Mosque, Challenge, Alhaji Jabar Adelabu urged the family and the gathering to engage in good deeds so as to partake in the comfort of life after death.

He noted that legacies left behind usually outlive mankind saying such would serve as reference points for generations coming behind.

Younger brother of the deceased, Dr. Morisayo Odekunle who spoke on behalf of the family, said the late Niyi Odekunle was a father figure and mentor to all his siblings and extended family members, noting that the vacuum he left behind would be hard to fill.

Late Alhaji Adeniyi Mukhtar Odekunle died in the early hours of Wednesday, January 3, 2024 and was buried according to Islamic rites.

He served as General manager, Radio Nigeria Amuludun FM Moniya Ibadan and Paramount FM Abeokuta, before he retired on October last year.