Roll call of dignitaries as Gov Ahmed buries mother in-law

Date: 2016-07-25

It was a roll call of who is who as the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed buried his mother in-law in the far away Ibadan, the largest city in West Africa and capital of Oyo State.

Representative of the wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari and the wife of the former Chief of Army Staff, Hajia Maryam Salihu Ibrahim and wife of the Senate President, Barrister Toyin Saraki were among dignitaries that graced the occasion. Others in attendance included; wives of Governors of Osun, Oyo, Ogun, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kogi, Edo, wife of former governors of Lagos and Osun States and former Deputy Governor of Lagos state.

Some other dignitaries at the event included the Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira; Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly; former Minister of Sports, Alhaji Bolaji Abdullahi; former Governor, Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former Oyo Deputy Governor, Taofeeq Arapaja.

Some members of the National Assembly, state executive council, Local Government Chairmen and top government functionaries including Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Dr. Rhoda Ajiboye; her counterparts in the Ministry of Works, Alhaji Amuda Alabi and General Services, Governor's Office Alhaji A. R. Ayinla.

Others were executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kwara chapter, General Managers of parastatals including the General Manager, The Herald Newspapers, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Adebayo, the General Manager, Radio Kwara, Alhaji Abdulateef Adebowale Adedeji, the General Manager, KWASSA, Alhaji Ahmed Olufadi, General Manager, KWARMA, Engineer Baba Jibril, friends and family of the late Mrs. Janet Monilola Akinleye.

Bodija Estate Baptist Church, Ibadan, venue of the funeral and outing services for late mother of wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Janet Monilola Akinleye was filled to capacity with these dignitaries who came from far and near. In his remark, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed charged the family to let the way of life of the late Mrs. Akinleye be their guiding principle.

The governor said the deceased lived a fulfilled life and charged the family not to mourn but celebrate her good life. Governor Ahmed also prayed God to continue to guide those she left behind on the straight path.

Earlier in his sermon, officiating minister, Reverend Olu Olajide charged people to shun worldly affairs and be more concerned about the day of reckoning. He charged those in position of authority to learn from those who were no longer in power to understand the vanity of life.

Reverend Olajide urged them not to abuse the privilege God had given them and to remember no soul shall take anything to heaven when death comes. The remains of the deceased was later committed to mother earth in Oba cemetery in the suburb of Ibadan amidst wails and tears.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Aliyu U. Tilde     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Gbemisola Saraki     KWASSIP     Atunwa     Alaro     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Bashirat Bola Bello     Arinola Lawal     V.O. Abioye     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Ahmed Bayero     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Elekoyangan     KWAFFA     Abdulrazaq Magaji     NNPP     Saliu Ajia     Playing Host     Bello Abubakar     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Kola Olota     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Ayedun     Stephen Fasakin     Ganmo     Kwara Metro Park     All Peoples Party     Moremi High School     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Tunji Folami     Oba-Solagberu     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Omoniyi     AbdulGafar Tosho     Jare Olatundun     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Centre For Digital Economy     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Olateju Lukman     Ilesha-Baruba     Esinrogunjo     Illyasu Abdullahi     Modupe Oluwole     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Unilorin     Umar Danladi Shero     Hassan A. Saliu     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     SWAN     UTME     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Muhammadu Gobir     Tanke     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     SGBN     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Assayomo     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     KWSIEC     Egbejila     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Kunle Suleiman     Alapado     Orire     Forgo Battery     Alabe     Just Law Forum    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Shehu Adaramaja     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     CCT     Hamza Usman     Ilorin.Info     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Ademola Kiyesola     Sebastine Obasi     Alao Ayotunde     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     John Obuh     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Oya State     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Bamidele Adegoke     ITP     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Kola Shittu     Abubakar B.M     Toyosi Thomas     Kwara State Fire Service     IFK     Hauwa Nuru     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Ayobami Akanbi     Salaudeen Oyewale     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Haliru Yahaya     Isiaq Khadeejah     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Mashood Dauda     Adama Isa     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Eghe Igbinehin     Shuaib Olarongbe     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Iqra Books     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Abubakar Baba     Opobiyi     Chikanda     Bursary     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     LEAH Charity Foundation     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Tanke     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Budo-Egba     Segun Ogunsola     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Sobi     NITDA     Sadiq Buhari     Olaiya Lawal     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Idiagbon     Obayomi Azeez     Isin     Aminu Ado Bayero     Kwarareports     Temitope Ogunbanke     Femi Agbaje     Tafida Of Ilorin     UTME     SDP