Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that officials of the state government and the immediate family of the late Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo will work out modalities to give the elder statesman a befitting state burial.
The governor stated this on Tuesday, April 15, when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former governor of the state at his Molete residence in Ibadan.
He said that the state government had nominated three officials to liaise with the family on the date and other parts of the planning, as Olunloyo would be given a state burial.
He said: “We have to align between the family and the government, because this is going to be a state burial.
“We have nominated three state officials that will sit down with the family and get a date and start the planning.”
Governor Makinde, who extolled the virtues of the late former governor, emphasised his invaluable contributions to the development of the state.
He also expressed joy that he (Makinde) had the privilege of benefiting from Dr Olunloyo’s wealth of knowledge, stressing that the state government would give him the honour he deserved and uphold his legacies.
Governor Makinde also paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Seriki Musulumi of Yorubaland, Chief Yekini Ayoade Adeojo, at the Adeojo’s Iyaganku residence.
Special prayers were offered for the repose of the souls of the two elder statesmen and for the families they left behind.
On the governor’s entourage were the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Mojeed Mogbojubola; Executive Assistant to the Governor on General Duties, Chief Bayo Lawal; and Special Assistant to the Governor on Islamic Affairs, Imam AbdRasheed AbdAzeez.
