By Dorcas Elusogbon

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has described the passage of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as a loss to the entire Oduduwa race worldwide.

This is contained in a statement by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Otunba Moses Olafare.

Ooni Ogunwusi, who doubles as the Natural Head of the Oduduwa race worldwide, stated that the late Alaafin was a worthy elder whose entire life was dedicated to the promotion of the prestigious Yoruba culture and advancement of humanity.

We have lost a great icon, a great monarch, who saw Oyo through civilization, and modern development without jettisoning the cultural sacredness of the throne first occupied by Alaafin Oranmiyan The Great.

Ile Oodua Palace and the Ooni had a great working relationship with the late Alaafin who gave his best in resolving major conflicts in Yoruba land and uniting all sons and daughters of Oduduwa globally among other landmark achievements.

The late Alaafin is one of the privileged elders that contributed to the growth of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and also saw the country through military and democratic eras with unquantifiable positive inputs, he said.

Ooni Ogunwusi recalled his last encounter with the late Oyo Royal Father in March when they both held a closed door meeting of peace and reconciliation with some frontline politicians of Yoruba origin at Ibadan.

According to him, Alaafin made a promise to make his first visit to the Ooni before the middle of the year.

Ooni prayed for the soul of the late Alaafin as well as the family to have the fortitude to bear his death.

He also prayed that Oyo would be spiritually guided to complete the burial of the Royal Father in full accordance with the culture and traditions of their ancestors.

While the demise of Oba Adeyemi would be greatly missed for his indelible imprint as a great descendant of Oduduwa, the Ooni hereby urges the entire House of Oduduwa worldwide to continue to pray for the deceaseds family and Oyo indigenes at this trying time.

May the Almighty Olodumare also be with the Oyomesi at this critical time that may challenge the culture and traditions of their ancestors in the process of burial rites and the process of selecting the next Alaafin.

The position of Alaafin is too culturally important to be handled in a way that undermines our collective traditions and culture.

God shall solidly stand with the Oyomesi and the entire Oyo kingdom, the statement said. (NAN) (wwwnannews.ng.com)

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By Emmanuel Oloniruha

A political pressure group, Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPD), has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt former president Goodluck Jonathan, as the partys candidate for the 2023 presidential election.

The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Ralph Okorie, who made the call on Monday at a news conference in Abuja, urged President Muhammadu Buhari,to endorse the Jonathan project.

There is a need for experience and continuity. The two enjoy the most cordial relationship that had ever existed between an incumbent and his immediate predecessor, he said.

Okorie said the call for Buhari to endorse Jonathan was to ensure that candidates without clear cut vision do not emerge as the partys flag-bearer in the 2023 presidential election.

He said that allowing candidates without clear cut vision to get into the Presidential Villa in 2023, would not only be suicidal but would be like aiding and supporting incompetence over competence.

According to Okorie, the persistent calls from different parts of the country for Jonathan to contest the 2023 presidential election indicates that Nigerians have genuinely and passionately join the support for Jonathan.

We acknowledge that the ripple effects of good governance is multi-generational, hence, the CNPD for Jonathan call on all Nigerians to support this agenda.

We strongly believe that this administration is working round the clock to address the two major problems of security and economy bedeviling this country.

It will be counter-productive to bring an amateur to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari at this material time.

As vanguards for Nigerias development, peace and unity, we want to reiterate that, our beloved country cannot afford to have a regional champion as a flagbearer.

It is imperative that Dr Abdullahi Adamu as the National Chairman of APC will use the best man for the job to win this election bearing in mind that anything short of a Jonathan ticket will cost APC the presidency in 2023, Okorie said.

He noted that the achievements of Jonathan stood him out among all the aspirants that have so far indicated interests for the presidential election and describing him as one of the most outstanding presidents the country had produced.

For instance, within two weeks, Jonathan grounded the activities of Boko Haram insurgency and gave Nigeria a credible election adjudged by domestic and international observers as free and fair.

Nigerias economic trajectory under his presidency was globally recognised as his national economic prowess earned the country the status of the largest economy in Africa.

Today, some of the talented people who worked under his government are championing global economic transformations.

Nigerians have not forgotten the glorious days of GEJ with Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as the minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, Akinwumi Adesina, Mohammed Pateh, to mention but a few.

We are still yearning for the immense contribution of Akinwumi Adesina who was the brain behind Jonathans agricultural transformation agenda that saw the increase in agriculture produce, value chain and foreign exchange earnings from the sector.

In terms of foreign policy, Nigeria under Jonathan saw huge foreign direct investment, FDI, and infrastructure developments due to his economic liberalist and friendly dispositions, Okorie added.

The CNPD coordinator also said that the Nigeria diasporic policy enhanced over 24 billion dollars in remittances under Jonathan which made Nigeria and Nigerians the pride of Africa and the world.

He added that Jonathans return to power would not only enhance economic, foreign policy and security situation but would provide favourable environment for national engagement and dialogue.

Okorie, however, called on Jonathan to listen to the numerous calls and observe the political mood across Nigeria as he would give impetus to APCs victory in the 2023 presidential election. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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III

Condolence

By Hamza Suleiman

Prof. Aliyu Shugaba, Vice-Chancellor, University of Maiduguri has described the demise of its Pro-Chancellor, Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as a painful exit.

Shugaba said this in a statement released in Maiduguri on Saturday.

He said Oba Adeyemi has demonstrated unparalleled passion, and commitment to the development of education in Nigeria in general, and the University of Maiduguri where he served as Pro-Chancellor.

The VC said the late Alaafin would specifically be remembered for his sterling leadership, sustained fatherly guidance, support and understanding of peaceful coexistence and progress of the university.

As the university community mourns his painful exit, may I, on behalf of the Council, Senate, top Management Committee, staff, and students of the University, extend our condolences to the Visitor, President, Muhammadu Buhari, Government of Oyo State, members of his immediate family and the entire Oyo Kingdom.

We pray to Allahtogrant him Jannatul-Firdaus Ameen, Shugaba said. (NAN) ()

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By Aderogba George

ExxonMobil Foundation, in collaboration with ExxonMobil affiliate companies and other orgnisations have renewed their commitments to end malaria in the country.

Mr Richard Laing, the Managing Director, ExxonMobil Affiliate in Nigeria, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja as part of efforts to end malaria scourge in the country.

Laing said that the move was to support ongoing programmes that would reduce the burden of malaria in the country.

He added that for the past 20 years, ExxonMobils Malaria Initiative (EMI) had provided over N15 billion in cash grants to partners working to develop community-based solutions against malaria.

Continuing this legacy, ExxonMobil has announced its 2022 grant recipients, including PanAfricare in conjunction with National Basketball Association (NBA) Power Forward project, to foster the development of youth in Nigeria, he said.

The managing director said it would come through sports, life skills and malaria education as well as grassroots soccer.

Laing added that the grassroots soccer would help use the convening power of soccer to increase awareness of malaria and HIV/AIDS among young people across the country.

This World Malaria Day, we mark ExxonMobils contributions over the past two decades that have helped equip and strengthen resilience within our communities to fight malaria.

Thanks to these efforts, Nigeria is better prepared to continue the progress we have made and work toward a malaria-free future, he said.

He said that EMI works with nonprofit partners and leading global health organisations to advance progress against the scourge in malaria-endemic countries by supporting malaria education and awareness.

Others, according to him, include improving access to tools for prevention, diagnoses and treatments, strengthening health infrastructure and advancing researches and innovations.

The initiative continues to support malaria prevention and control programmes in Nigeria, a country which currently accounts for more than one quarter of the global burden of the disease, he said.

Laing said that the partners were focused on leveraging the power of sports and media to reach Nigerian youth, through malaria-themed tournaments and creative radio, television and school-based malaria campaigns, among other activities.

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By Ikenna Osuoha

Ms May Ikokwu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), on Monday advocated priority attention for older persons in the nations malaria prevention and treatment policy.

Ikokwu made the advocacy in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the occasion of World Malaria Day in Abuja

She expressed concern over the high rate of cases of non-communicable diseases such as malaria among older persons.

Like many serious diseases malaria has a more severe presentation in older adults compared to younger patients.

Older persons with malaria can expect to have higher death rates, higher levels of presence of malaria parasites in their blood, more complications and protracted illness, she said.

Ikokwu, who called on government and relevant stakeholders to include older persons in the preventive and curative interventions, said that malaria was one of the deadliest tropical diseases.

According to her, older persons due to their susceptibility to diseases need to be provided with insecticides, treated mosquito nets and also quality malaria prevention care.

She described older persons as national heritage that should be protected from avoidable deaths including death from malaria.

Ikokwu commended the Federal Government for the inauguration and implementation of the Global Fund 2021-2023 Malaria grant which was aimed at eliminating the disease across the country.

According to World Health Organisation (WHO), in 2020, there were an estimated 241 million cases of malaria worldwide.

The estimated number of deaths from malaria stood at 627, 000 in 2020.

The WHO African Region carries a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden.

According to the WHO African Region in 2020, the region was home to 95 per cent of global malaria cases and 96 per cent of deaths from malaria.

According to the report, children under 5 accounted for about 80 per cent of all malaria deaths in the region.

NAN reports that World Malaria Day is observed annually on April 25.

The aim is to bring global attention to the efforts being made to end malaria and encourage action to reduce suffering and death from the disease.

Malaria is an acute febrile illness caused by Plasmodium parasites which are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.

There are 5 parasite species that cause malaria in humans and 2 of these species P. falciparum and P. vivax pose the greatest threat.

Falciparum is the deadliest malaria parasite and the most prevalent on the African continent P. vivax is the dominant malaria parasite in most countries outside of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Undoubtedly, the country is faced with many challenges occasioned by developments on both the national and international arena.

These challenges, largely in the areas of economy and security, have been tackled by the administration in the best way possible.

Since a new democratically elected government is on the way by 2023, we are taking a look at the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme used by the administration of former Presidents Umaru YarAdua and Goodluck Jonathan to see how it can be adopted, modified or reviewed to tackle current challenges.

When the initiative started it was described as unsustainable, too late, and unrealistic. There was also skepticism in view of the prevailing situation in the region. The security forces were fully engaged in the mix of the socio-economic and political crises in the region, coupled with high level of banditry, illiteracy and unemployment.

Amorphous bands of militants ravaged the Niger Delta by engaging in piracy, oil bunkering, hostage for ransom and pipeline vandalism.

This, no doubt, made oil production unsustainable. The region at a time also witnessed environmental pollution. This was further compounded due to deep seated feelings of utter neglect, marginalization and exclusion among the people of the region.

Niger Deltans then did not pretend that they had lost confidence in the ability of the three tiers of government to address their problems.

At the time of inception of the amnesty programme, oil production from the region which stood at 2.2 million barrel per day plummeted to about 700,000.

This was a frightening scenario for a nation dependent on almost 80 per cent of public sector revenues from oil.

The situation meant substantial revenue loss to the three tiers government, reduced oil flow to the world market; reneging on Nigerias quota production, increasing prices in the oil market as well as drawing the attention of the world to Nigeria.

The circumstance required not only urgent solution, but also a permanent one. For this abiding and urgent need, then President YarAdua and his Vice Jonathan, took the bull not only by the horn, but also by the tail in a bid for a final and sustainable solution.

Of course, the government had a serious conviction that the time was ripe for political and economic amnesty.

This was consequently adopted as an art of forgivingness in the belief that those who had committed atrocities will abandon such callous behavior by embracing peace and participate in the amnesty programme.

The full implementation of the amnesty in earnest began with the setting up of a Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament for Niger Delta to work out modalities for the implementation of the declaration.

This was followed by the establishment of the Office of Amnesty Programme under the presidency and a special adviser appointed, with the release ofN20billion as take-off grant.

The unconditional pardon to all persons, who committed offences directly or indirectly, took effect upon immediate surrender and handing over of all weapons, arms and ammunitions as well as the renunciation of banditry and militancy. The gesture saw the immediate surrender of more than 30,000 militants from 24 insurgents groups that had been making life unbearable to Nigerians.

YarAdua died before the full fruition of the initiative and it became the duty of then President Jonathan to see the full implementation indigene of the region, it was his responsibility to now bring peace and stability to his homeland.

The stoppage of hostilities in the region brought about instant peace while a host of other criminal activities such as hostage taking for ransom, pipeline vandalism, oil bunkering and piracy ceased, bringing stability to the region.

The peace and stability achieved led to increased oil exploration and exploration from mere 700,000 barrels per day in 2008 to 2.2 million barrels per day by the end of 2009. The region also witnessed series of investments and other economic activities arising from the confidence created by the nation in the fulfillment of its constitutional obligations to major oil companies as well as its quota as assigned by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

The Amnesty Programme through its rehabilitation and re-integration programme also recorded a substantial success. It not only provided a stipend ofN65,000 as monthly allowance to those who surrendered arms and registered under the rehabilitation programme, trainings for skills acquisition was also guaranteed.

The vocations offered included auto mechanics, welding and under water welding, ICT, sea fearing and other services and food processing among others.

Under the programme, more than 20,000 ex-militants acquired various skills and were rehabilitated and resettled. More than 2,600 ex-combatants were sent to various school across the world including Britain, Italy, Malaysia, US, South Africa and India among others for training in order to meet the needs in the petroleum industry as part of the administrations local content development initiative.

Under the programme, 490 youths were trained in food processing, 7,000 ex-combatants gained employment in some oil industries while 400 youths acquired skills in under water and pipelines welding. About 70 were trained as commercial pilots and a similar number as aviation maintenance engineers among others.

Since the implementation of the programme in 2009 and till date, more than 100,000 youths have benefitted from various skills development programmes initiated over the years. It appears a permanent peace is reigning in the Niger Delta region courtesy of the Amnesty programme and its full implementation. If there was no peace or the amnesty did not serve as a panacea, billions of Naira would have been wasted in the name of securing the region and the nation could have suffered economic retardation as a result of huge losses of millions of dollars revenues oiling the nations economy. Industrial capacity utilization and other economic activities would have gone down, resulting in huge unemployment, leading ultimately to more socio-economic crises and conflicts across the country.

There is no doubt that this kind of intervention, for which many were skeptical about, has recorded substantial successes in resolving a major crisis that faced the country. It is today a panacea that can be replicated in other parts of the country at least in its spirit and purposes.

There is no need for argument as to whether such militants, bandits, insurgents groups in other parts of the country such Boko Haram members who renounce violence and their extreme ideology deserved such treatment.

The most important thing is to ensure criminals renounce violence and engage in the nations development process, acquire necessary skills, and become responsible members of the society.

Nigeria today cannot neglect the greatest threat to its existence- millions of idle youths ready for crises.

When for instance 13 million children of school age are roaming the streets without clear focus and direction, more than 100,000 armed bandits inhabiting our forests without a clear political or economic objectives, when millions of displaced persons as a results of various conflicts and banditry are idling in all states without a clue to any better future, and when million of herders had lost an estimated two million cattle without an inkling for another source of living in the near future and when there is a perpetual conflict between farmers and herders, leading to monumental economic loss; and when there is socio-economic conflicts, either instigated by ethnic or regional reasons, then the panacea is nothing else, but the Niger Delta Amnesty approach which recorded resounding success.

The North, as elsewhere in Nigeria is not immune to poverty, illiteracy and high level of unemployment. It is indeed regarded as the poorest in all indexes of human development. This is where there is in existence a large swarm of uneducated, unemployed, hungry and angry youths, willing to be recruited for violence at the prompting of religion or ethnicity.

To address this humongous problem requires the YarAdua/Jonathan Amnesty approach with all its intervention initiatives of training, skills acquisition and opening of employment opportunities. The present and future administrations in Nigeria have no option than to invest huge resources to secure the future of the nation in terms of its security and corporate existence.

This is the elixir our teeming youths look forward to and so deserve as the nation gallops toward the 2023 general elections.

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By Salisu Sani-Idris

Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society, a faith-based organisation, on Sunday in Abuja emphasised the need for women to take responsibility of moral upbringing of their children seriously.

National Chief Imam of the society, Sheik Fuad Adeyemi, gave the advice at a Ramadan series Lecture organised by the Women wings of Al-Habibiyyah, titledFamily, Ramadan, and Women.

He said that it was good for women to pursue their career but it would be better if they are always at home taking care of their children.

Adeyemi said when Muslim women come together Islam and society would achieve many things, saying all of us know the problem we have as Muslims, therefore, we must strive to address the challenges practically.

The little one we are able to do we should do it rightly, correctly and with the fear of Allah in whatever we do. If you are sincere in what you are doing even if nobody recognizes what you are doing, the Almighty Allah will reward you.

Earlier, an Islamic cleric, Mrs Amina Idris, in a lecture titled, Family, Ramadan, and Women, urged Muslim women to focus more on praying, Remembrance of Almighty Allah in this holy month Ramadan, instead of devoting their time more on cooking.

He said that a lot of rewards come from cooking in the months of Ramadan but that shouldnt stop them from doing some of the necessary things in this Ramadan.

According to her, cooking is not bad but they should also put more efforts in their praying and during the cooking they can recite the Quran, in remembrance of Allah, and some other things that can purify their fasting.

Because, we have many problems in our society today, but with the help of Almighty Allah, things would be better.

Begging generally is prohibited in Islam. The menace of our people flooding the street begging is very annoying, instead of begging why cant they look for something good and start doing it.

When you want to look at the society, Prophet Muhammed SAW said, you should look at the women and I believe that the way they are answering our call, practising what they have been learning from here is quite impressive, she said.

Also, the Guest lecturer, Mrs Halimah Sani, stressed the need for change of perception concerning childrens upbringing because of its negative consequences in the society.

The whole things become sprayed of evils things in our society, obnoxious scenes, indecent dressing, morality is fading in our society, and this is as a result of killings and kidnappings we are facing today.

Mothers have to do upbringing from the beginning and if it fails, you are going to breed a child that is a failure as a mother, what she also gives her children is what she has learned from the parents.

Breeding a good child has nothing to do with religion because everybody in the society have their culture, and the culture is morality and is no longer there today. It has been overtaken by evils, money and others.

We have to call on the parents to revisit the way they are training their children right now, especially the elites who dont want anyone to talk to their children. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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By Patricia Amogu

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID)has organised a capacity building workshop for 20 researchers and journalists from different newsrooms in the country, to understand the nexus between environment, health, and climate change.

The two-day training was organised by the centre through its Development Practice desk to build the capacity of journalists and deepen their understanding of the linkages between climate change, the environment, and various health issues.

The training was part of its activities to mark this years World Health Day, themed Our planet, Our health.

The Deputy Director, CJID, Mr Akintunde Babatunde, said in his address of welcome that with the devastating impact of climate change on the health of the people, the time is now for journalists and researchers to be empowered with the right skills.

He urged them not to only tell the stories of vulnerable groups who are facing the impact but also to assign responsibilities.

He said that people were allowing their lifestyle and habits to influence changes in Climate conditions due to lack of knowledge and first-hand information of the consequences of their actions.

Time has come for us to communicate the importance of sourcing and reporting health and climate change related stories and climate journalism from different perspectives, health, environment and how it affects animals in the environment.

Akintunde added that there would be funds to support selected journalists to pursue story ideas around the topic after the training.

Also speaking, the Executive Director, Dr Tobi Oluwatola, who spoke on the topic Understanding Climate Change concepts, causes , evidence and impacts in Africa advised newsmen to look closely on how the impacts of Climate Change has affected Africa and Africans largely.

He explained that Africa contributed less than two per cent of emissions globally ,yet suffer the worst effects of Climate Change.

Africa, he said, had poor access to clean energy, especially cooking and electricity .

According to him, the inconvenient truth will be that the world is very close to the much dreaded limit that is capable of ruining humanity and must take action to avoid this impending doom.

Mr Kemi Busari, a facilitator, said that in writing Environment hazard related stories, care should be taken to communicate in clear terms especially to people without basic information to avoid loss of communication that could create anxiety.

One of the participants, Mr Adebote, said he was excited to be a part of the selected journalists and looking forward to sharing his story ideas as well as listening to the ideas that would be shared by other colleagues during the story lab session.

Also, Vivian Chime, a climate change reporter at The Cable newspaper, said the training had rekindled her passion for great story ideas to pursue.

The facilitators are very detailed in their explanations and take the time to draw up connections between climate change, environment, health, governance, and everyday life, she said..

After the training ,the journalists will be supported with story grants to produce insightful and data- driven analysis on Climate Change, Environment and health.

Other topics delved on understanding One health Agenda, understanding health policies on Environmental protection and climate change and who should be held accountable at various levels.

NAN reports that CJID is a media development Organisation setting the agenda for building the capacity of the media to become a more informed, innovative and competitive institution.

It is also to make the media well positioned as a central player in todays knowledge societies and economies, and able to provide appropriate interface for civil society and governance institutions.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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By Deborah Coker
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says
pressure from some parents on their children to make money contributes to the thriving human trafficking
in the country.

The agencys Zonal Commander, Benin Zonal Command, Mr Nduka Nwanwenne, said this on Friday at the Schoolof Health Technology, Benin, during an awareness on human trafficking.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was carried out by the agency in partnership with the Action
Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Nigeria (A-TIPSOM) Nigeria.

Nwanwenne said that unwholesome comparison of children with their peers was another factor contributing to human
trafficking in the society.

According to him, comparison and pressure from parents on their children to imitate their peers and go abroad to make
money for the family is a major challenge in the fight against human trafficking.

He said it is not the responsibility of children to make money for their parents or to train their siblings.

One of the reasons victims allow themselves to be trafficked is because they want to make quick money.

Our children must be protected because they are priceless. We must train them. Parents should stop mounting pressure
on children to go and make money.

The zonal commander also said that peer group influence and poverty were other reasons victims allow themselves to be trafficked.

He, however, added that poverty was not peculiar to Nigeria, and advised students not to allow peer group to influence them negatively.

He said do not be deceived by bad friends, some people will say school is a scam, school is not a scam, you can make it here in Nigeria
too after your education.

The NAPTIP official also said that globalisation, internet and social media were traffickers means of recruiting their victims.

He added that smuggling of migrants was another means by which victims of human trafficking were being trafficked.

He said this awareness raising is one way of preventing human trafficking.

If you must travel, travel legitimately. Parents should avoid trafficking their children.

There is a law against human trafficking, so any parents caught encouraging the trafficking of their children will be prosecuted and jailed.

NAN reports that the three-day NAPTIP and the A-TIPSOM Nigeria partnership sensitisation programme on human trafficking whichcommenced on Wednesday, was funded by the European Union (EU).

NAN also reports that it was implemented by the International Ibero-America Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP),
a Spanish Government Foundation implementing the EU-funded A-TIPSOM project in Nigeria. (NAN)

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By Suleiman Shehu

The Janazat prayer has been conducted on the remains of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, at the ancient palace in Oyo Town.

The New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Janazat prayer is an Islamic prayer conducted on the deceased before going for final interment by 4.00 p.m.

The prayer was led by the Chief Imam of Oyoland, Shelkh Moshood Ajokidero at exactly 11.55 p.m.

It was attended by Islamic clerics, sympathisers and some politicians.

NAN, however, gathered that the body of deceased would be laid to rest at Baara after other traditional rites might have been conducted.

Addressing newsmen after the prayer, Ajokidero said that the deceased had contributed his qoutas to the development of Oyo Town, Oyo State and Nigeria in general.

The Chief Imam said that Adeyemi had impacted on the lives of many people positively and would forever be remembered for his good deeds.

He called on the livings to always impact positively on humanity, adding that everyone would be remembered for his or her deeds, either good or bad.

Also, Prof. Akin Alao, Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, said that Adeyemi had committed his life to the preservation of Yoruba culture.

Alao said that Yorubaland and Nigeria in general would missed Adeyemis interlectual contributions to Yoruba culture and development.

According to a reliable source, the remains of Oba Adeyemi III will be buried in Baara.

Baara is not just the final resting place of all the Alaafins, it is also a place where the Alaafin goes to whenever there is need to commune with his ancestors to seek for guidance and or directions, the source told NAN.(NAN)

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