Oyo State APC party stalwart, Balogun Gaphar Babatunde Ojetola and his wife, Chief Mrs. R.K. Ojetola paid a condolence visit to the immediate elder Sister of late Barrister Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu at their Ayelsbury residence in the UK. During the visit, Balogun Ojetola commiserated with Mrs Olaomo who is the immediate elder Sister to Barr. Ajiboye Omodewu the State Party Chairman who died recently in the US describing Omodewu as a passionate, dedicated and visionary party Chairman.
Balogun Ojetola said death has been cruel and unkind to the people of Ibadan North having claimed the life in his prime of Rt. Hon. Musiliu Olaide Adewale Akinremi Jagaban, member House of Representatives, representing the Ibadan North Federal Constituency and to the people of Oyo State with the death of Omodewu, the party Chairman just forty days apart.
“We are grieving and mourning the sudden transition of Akinremi and on the eve of his 41 days Fidau prayers comes the news of the death of Omodewu, the party Chairman. We are devastated and disturbed by the sudden transition of these two great men and party lovers at a time efforts are being geared towards rebuilding the party and reconciliation of fractured relationships.”
Mrs Olaomo put a call to their eldest Sister in the USA to appreciate the visiting family friends and to brief the Ojetolas about the funeral plans on ground. Balogun Ojetola also used the opportunity to phone the Party Secretary, Alhaji Tajudeen Olanite who registered with Mrs Olaomo the sympathy on behalf of the entire state executives and party members on the painful death of the party Chairman.
Alhaji Olanite also informed the family about the condolence visit of the APC South West leadership a day before. He promised that the party will partner with the family to give the party Chairman a befitting burial according to the deathbed wishes of the late Chairman.
At the visit, the Ojetolas prayed for the repose of the departed soul, all the families left behind, including the aged mother, wives and children, brethren and the party members.
On his departing note, Balogun Gaphar Ojetola said, “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure. Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory helps comfort all of us tomorrow.”
Adieu Barrister Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu.