Rotimi Agboluaje,Ibadan
Governors and dignitaries across the six Southwest states will have the opportunity to pay their last respect to the late Governor of the defunct Western States, Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo, when his body lies in state at the Parliament Building, Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan, on Thursday.
The Sectary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Olalekan Alli, who is also the coordinating chairman of a special committee set up for the purpose by the six southwest states, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Governor’s Office, Ibadan, on Monday.
Expected at the lying-in-state are delegates from Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun stares and the host Oyo, which formed the defunct Western Region and Western States, before the creation of states in 1967.
Alli said, “Late General Adeyinka Adebayo was the predecessor of the collective six states governors; hence there is nothing more honorable than to give the late military hero a befitting burial.
“Dignitaries from all walks of life will join the Southwest governors to celebrate the exit of this icon, when his body will lie in state on Thursday, May 18, at the Parliament Building, House of Chiefs, Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan.”
