Gen Adebayo remains lie in state at Oyo State Secretariat, Thursday

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L-R: Director, Lagos State Cabinet Office, Mrs. Morenike Sobajo; Secretary to Oyo State Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli; his Ondo State counterpart, Mr. Ifedayo Abegunde; and Chief Femi Adebayo, during a press briefing on the planned lying-in-state for late Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo, in Ibadan... on Monday. Photo: Oyo State Governor's Office   

(Nigeria) Governors and dignitaries across the six South West 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.
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 South West 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 and the host Oyo States, which formed the defunct Western Region and Western States, before the creation of states.
Other members of the committee at the briefing were the Ondo State SSG, Mr. Ifedayo Abegunde; a Director from the Lagos State Cabinet Office, Mrs. Morenikeji Sobajo and two family representatives, Chiefs Femi Adebayo and Ayo Ogundele.
Alli said, "Late General Adeyinka Adebayo was the predecessor of the collective six states governors, hence there is nothing more honourable 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.
“Apart from governors, we are also expecting prominent groups and individuals at the event, such as the Yoruba Council of Elders, where Baba was pioneer chairman; management of the University of Ibadan; Old Boys of Christ School, Ado-Ekiti and members of Retirees Association of the Military.”
A retired Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, appointed the departed statesman military governor of the then Western Region in 1966, a position he held till 1971.

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