Olubadan for Burial Friday

By Fasilat Lawal

The late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun Alli Okunmade II, will be interred according to Islamic rites today at 4 p.m. at his Aliiwo ancestral home in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

This is contained in a statement by the late Olubadan’s younger brother, Senator Kola Balogun.

 Senator Kola Balogun said the executive governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has been informed.

 He said the late Olubadan was a British-trained PhD holder, a former lecturer, a former senator and a successful businessman.

Meanwhile, the President General, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, CCII, Alhaji Sulaiman Adewole, has described the demise of the Olubadan Oba Lekan Balogun as a great loss to Ibadanland and Oyo State.

Alhaji Sulaiman Adewole stated this when he led some of his executives on a condolence visit to the family of the deceased.

He said that though the late Olubadan’s reign was short, it was impactful, progressive and recorded tremendous achievement. 

Recall that the late Ibadan monarch joined his ancestors at the age of 81 last night at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, after a brief illness.

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