Following the death of Olubadan of Ibandan Land Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I the Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi says the late Olubadan will be given a state burial on Feb. 12.
Ajimobi made the announcement on Friday when he visited the late Olubadan palace at Monatan in Ibadan.
He
said that the funeral rites for the late monarch would begin on Feb. 6,
adding that a planning committee to handle the burial arrangements had
been set up.
The governor described the late
monarch as “an accomplished human being by all standards’’ and wished
his virtues would be replicated in every other appointed Olubadan.
He solicited the support of the people of the state in giving the late monarch a befitting burial.
Chief Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadan land, commended the governor for his commitment to give the late monarch a befitting burial.
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