Husband agrees to Olayinka’s burial in Ekiti

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi

Ekiti State Government on Tuesday announced that the late Deputy Governor, Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka, would be buried in Ado Ekiti on April 26.

The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Tayo Ekundayo, said this while briefing journalists on the decision to bury Olayinka in Ado Ekiti.

It was gathered that there was a disagreement on the place where the late deputy governor should be buried but the family was eventually persuaded to allow her to be buried in Ado Ekiti as a mark of honour.

While the husband had wanted his wife to be buried in Lagos, the Ewi in Council was said to have campaigned that the deputy governor to be buried in Ado Ekiti.

The husband, Lanre, was said to have honoured the invitation of the Ewi in Council and agreed that his wife be buried in Ado Ekiti.

The commissioner said, “The decision to bury her in Ado Ekiti was reached late Monday night. The committee in charge will go round and look for a befitting place to bury her.”

The late deputy governor was married to Lanre, an indigene of Ogun State, and would have been buried in either her husband’s hometown or Lagos State, where they both resided.

Meanwhile, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has lamented the  shortage of police personnel in the state.

The governor, who spoke while receiving the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 8, Mr. Chris Dega, who was in the state  on a condolence visit, said many officers and men posted to the state always lobbied their ways out of the state.

The governor said, “The big issue on the table that I have always raised is the way and manner officers and men transferred to Ekiti State manage to get themselves out of Ekiti, thereby leading to shortage of the men we are supposed to have.

“If you look at your record, you will notice that Ekiti is far lower in terms of men and officers than your supply of officer necessitate.”

The governor said though men of the Nigeria Police were doing well in the state, the shortage had created some gaps which needed to be covered to prevent crimes.

Fayemi, who noted that some of the personnel had been posted to the northern part of the country to curb the Boko Haram menace, however, stressed that security agencies also needed to pay adequate attention to Ekiti State since it was the gateway state from the North to the South-West.

 While also addressing his visitors from the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, led by its Director-General, Mr. Asishana Okauru, Fayemi  said he was very lucky to have had a deputy like Olayinka, who was very passionate about the transformation of the state.

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