Lifestyle

Idris Bolaji Abiola-Ajimobi on Saturday said the death of the wife of the senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Angela Folarin calls for prayers for Ibadanland, Oyo State and Nigeria.

Idris Ajimobi has condoled with the immediate family of the late legal practitioner, particularly her husband and the entire Ibadanland.

In a statement he personally signed in Lagos, he said, “though Aunty Angela Folarin died at the time her husband needs her support, I’m urging Senator Teslim Folarin to consider and accept the death as the will of God”.

He said; “Madam Angela was a great wife of Ibadanland. Her death came at the time her husband needs her support. I know her to be a good wife, a caring and dear sister”.

“I, therefore, ask the teeming indigenes of Ibadanland and Oyo State as a whole to devote time for prayers for the state. Recently we lost a former governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi, a Senior Chief of Ibadanland and many other prominent people of the state.”

“I condole with my uncle, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin on the demise of his wife. I pray God in His infinite mercies to comfort him and the family of the late wife.”

Signed: Idris Bolaji Abiola-Ajimobi

Politics

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condoled with the entire Ogbomoso land over the demise of the revered traditional ruler, the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi and a former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala.

Soun of Ogbomoso had joined the ancestors on the twelfth of December last year while Alao-Akala died on January 12 this year, exactly a month apart.

Arriving in a chopper at the Ogbomoso Grammar school for a condolence visit, hundreds of indigenes including the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare and Member representing Surulere Ogo Oluwa federal constituency,Segun Odebunmi received the former Lagos State governor.

The APC stalwart and the presidential hopeful of the party first visited the Oja Igbo palace of the late Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi where a closed-door meeting was held and later proceeded to pay homage to the bereaved family of Alao-Akala.

Describing the passage of the two bigwigs of Ogbomoso descent as a great loss, Tinubu said he enjoyed a good relationship with the late monarch saying the Yoruba race has lost a gem.

Tinubu also described Alao-Akala as a generous individual who was passionate about his people.

He prayed to God to console Ogbomoso land on what he described as a colossal loss to the land.

The APC stalwart also restated his commitment to always empower the youths and prioritise their needs.

Adedayo Adelowo