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“As man enjoys his good health, playing and merrymaking, moving about in haughtiness, commanding and forbidding, death and illness suddenly attacks him, weakens his body, makes his limbs lifeless and then closes his record”.
*The remains of the late Olubadan during Janaza prayer
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 3, 2021
The late Olubadan of Ibadanland was laid to rest yesterday amidst attendance of important dignitaries fro across the country. Among those who were there to pay their last respect to the late monarch, Oba Adetunji were Rauf Olaniyan, the Oyo State deputy governor, and former governors Rasheed Ladoja and Adebayo Alao-Akala were among those who attended the funeral service for the late Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, on Sunday.
The Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Abdulganiy Abubakar, led other Islamic clerics to offer prayers for the soul of the late king at Mapo Hall, Ibadan.
The remains of the 93-year-old traditional ruler were later interred at his Popoyemoja Palace on Sunday evening according to Islamic rites.
The late Oba, the 41st Olubadan of Ibadanland, died at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, in the early hours of Sunday after an illness.
Speaking with journalists on the death of his father, Mukaila Adetunji said that he lived a fulfilled life and was kind to everyone he came across during his lifetime.
“I do not feel anyhow over his death, because Baba did his best for the citizens and visitors. He related well with traders, artisans and even, professionals.
“He was humble and good to everyone. If not for wealth and position, there are several people who died today.
“We thank God that Baba died in the hands of his children in peace. May Almighty God forgives his shortcomings,’’ he said.
Also, another son of the late king, Lukumon Adetunji, said: “It has happened and we have taken it in good faith.
“He was very social. He did well for family, indigenes and visitors. I pray that God grant him eternal rest and protect all that he left behind.’’
In a related story, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi described the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji as a monarch whose reign brought remarkable achievements to Ibadanland, the capital of Oyo State.
*HRM, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo
Oba Adeyemi said this in a condolence message signed by his Director of Media and Publicity, ‘Bode Durojaiye that his contributions to the entertainment industry would remain indelible.
The statement reads “Everyone shall taste death. Every one of us shall taste it whether poor or rich; healthy or sick, old or young; leader or led and none of us can escape it.
“Allah the Most High says:
‘ Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in a fortress built up strong and high.” [Qur’an, 4:78).
” Death, as manifested in its character and effects is one of the mysteries that dazzles human intelligence because it has to do with the soul.
“One of its mysteries is that you see a youth who was full of health and energy suddenly falls dead without warning; thereby making that youthfulness and energy fade away, bringing all his senses to a complete standstill.
“That youth might even be an erudite scholar, an eloquent author, a skilled physician or brilliant inventor but it is absolutely out of the question that this quality should prevent death from overtaking him when his time is due.
“Many a person who has seen the beginning of a day but would not see its end. And many a person who has expected morning but would not live to see it.
” If only one had known his appointed time and how it comes to pass, one would have detested nursing hope for worldly materials and its deception.
“As man enjoys his good health, playing and merrymaking, moving about in haughtiness, commanding and forbidding, death and illness suddenly attacks him, weakens his body, makes his limbs lifeless and then closes his record”.
Alaafin prayed Allah to grant fortitude to the family of the deceased traditional ruler to bear the irreparable loss and grant the late Olubadan eternal rest. End
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