Kwara: Elesa of Oke-Ode dies at 81

Date: 2022-07-01

Oba Abdulkadri Adelodun, Alebiosu II, the Elesa of Oke-Ode, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara, has died at the age of 81. Mr Kunle Akogun, the National Publicity Secretary, Oke-Ode Community Development Association, announced the desth in a statement on Thursday in Ilorin.

Akogun stated that the prominent traditional ruler breathed his last in the early hours of Thursday (30th June, 2022) following a brief old-age related illness.

“The late Elesa first ascended the throne in 1985, but following a litigation by one of his aggrieved opponents, he was removed in 1992 by the High Court. The Appeal Court, however, reinstated him in 1997.

“The entire people of Oke-Ode will miss Kabiyesi's staunch commitment to community development and socio-economic and political upliftment of indigenes of the town.

“His reign was very peaceful and progressive as the town witnessed tremendous expansion in qualitative and quantitative physical infrastructural facilities.

“He succeeded in attracting the attention of both government and private progressive non-governmental organisations and individuals to the ancient town,” he said.

Akogun further said this has manifested in the establishment of institutions like the Oke-Ode General Hospital and the Kwara State College of Nursing, Oke-Ode.

“Others are an ultra-modern Palace, the Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School, and the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) Secondary School wing, among others.

“We will sorely miss this enigma of a traditional ruler, who dedicated his entire life to the welfare and well-being of the people of Oke-Ode and its environs.

“May Almighty Allah, whom Kabiyesi diligently served till the end, be pleased with his soul, overlook his human shortcomings and make Aljannah Fridaus his final abode,” he said.

NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Charcoal     Shaaba Lafiagi     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Yusuf Badmus     Dorcas Afeniforo     Ilorin South     MAI Akande     Kabir Shagaya     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     New Model Police Station     Belgore     Suleiman Ajadi     Twitter     Yusuf Aiyedun     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Bashir Badawi     Ubandoma     Oke-Odo     TETFUND     Raji AbdulRasaq     Ebola     Abubakar Lah     Abdulwahab Ololele     Oluwole Dupe     Folashade Omoniyi     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Kwara Poly     Abdullahi Samari     KWIRS     Issa Baba     CELF     Isau     UITH     Nigerian Medical Association     MMWG     IYA ALFA NLA     Abubakar Suleiman     Kishira     Shola Odetundun     Ilorin Central Mosque     Oyelere Oyinloye     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     General Hospital, Offa     General Hospital     NSCIA     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Yemi Sanni     National Association Of Nigerian Students     SSA Youth Engagement     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Timothy Akangbe     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ibrahim Orire     Christopher Odetunde     Simon Sayomi     IHS     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Mike Omotosho     Oba Abdulraheem     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Saka Keji     Borgu     Ajeigbe     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Al-Hikmah Radio     Oba Abu     Haliru Dantoro     John Mayokun Dada     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Edu     Pakata Development Association     Elelu     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Chief Imam Of Offa     Issa Oloruntogun     Pius Abioje     KWIRS     Congress For National Consensus     Kwha.gov.ng     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Lanre Badmus     Ilorin Amusement Park     John Kehinde Salako     Aliyu Muyideen     S.O. Opowoye     Shehu Adaramaja     Playing Host     Jumoke Gafar     Ben Duntoye     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Aliyu Alhassan     Kola Bukoye     Osi     Musa Aibinu     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Oko Erin     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Bursary     University Road     Temitope Ogunbanke     Teachers Specific Allowance     Kwara 2015     Yusuf Badmus     CELF     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Oni Adebayo     First Lady     Agboola Abdulraheem     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Bankole Omisore     Ahmed Dankaya     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Shuaib Jawondo     Erubu Oba Zubair     Mike Omotosho     Isapa     VADA     Abraham Ojo     Monkey Pox     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Local Government     Gbajabiamila     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Zulu Gambari     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Toyin Falola     Yahaya Seriki     Gbenga Awoyale     Mutawali     Kwara State Government     Baba Issa Awoye     Oba-Solagberu     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Folaranmi Aro     Odolaye Aremu     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Sobi     Bolaji Aladie     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Kolo     Kazeem Gbolagade     Roseline Oni Aremu     Ubandoma