Peter Adelowo
The Acting National Chairman, of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Dr. Sadiq Umar Abubakar has expressed shock over the passing of the late Olubadan, HRM, Oba Owolabi Olakusehin.
This is contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, in Abuja
The statement says the national leadership of the Party condoles with the government of Oyo State and the people of Ibadan on the death of a monarch who not only served his people well but also the nation in general.
“As a military officer in his younger days, and as a federal legislator in the aborted 3rd Republic he gave out his best”
It describes the late Oba Owolabi Olakusehin as a unifier and a major contributor to national development.
“The SDP is very proud to have produced three successive Olubadans – the late Olubadan Lekan Balogun, and Olubadan Owolabi Olakusehin, who passed away recently, as part of its glorious contributions to national development, and remarkable legacies to Nigeria’s democratic journey, as well as the current Otun Olubadan, the next in line to the revered stool of Olubadan, His Excellency (Senator) Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, who has previously served Oyo State as Governor”
The statement prays for the repose of Oba Owolabi Olakusehin and wishes Oba Rashidi Ladoja, who has also served Nigeria as a Senator of the Federal Republic, under the banner of the SDP, the best of luck as he gets set to assume the exalted royal stool.
“The Party prays for the continued peace, growth, and advancement of Ibadan, the homeland of greats.
