{"id":94255,"date":"2022-04-23T18:35:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94255"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:35:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T17:35:38","slug":"alaafin-yoruba-race-oyo-lost-great-ruler-worthy-father-makinde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/alaafin-yoruba-race-oyo-lost-great-ruler-worthy-father-makinde\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaafin: Yoruba race, Oyo lost great ruler, worthy father \u2014Makinde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1730917979654709665\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oyo State Governor, \u2018Seyi Makinde, on Saturday described the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as \u201ca huge loss to the state, Nigeria and the Yoruba race\u201d.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Makinde, while describing Oba Adeyemi\u2019s death as a personal loss to him, said that he was \u201can ever-supportive royal father and a worthy leader, who spared nothing in trying to make Oyo State and Nigeria greater\u201d.The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, said, \u201cKabiyesi\u2019s words of advice and guidance were always golden and helpful\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Makinde expressed his condolences to the Oyo State Traditional Council, the Oyomesi, Oba Adeyemi\u2019s immediate family, the people of Oyo Kingdom and the entire Yoruba race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The governor, however, prayed to God to grant repose to the soul of the departed traditional ruler.According to Makinde, apart from Oyo State losing its last man standing in the rank of experienced monarchs with long years of royal leadership, it has also lost a royal institution and an authority, which Alaafin Olayiwola Adeyemi III had become by virtue of his high-octane understanding of Yoruba history, politics and national development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said: \u201cI have been informed about the death of our father, His Imperial Majesty, Iku Baba Yeye, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III.\u201cI express heartfelt condolences to the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs, which Oba Adeyemi chaired for decades, the Oyomesi and the entire people of Oyo Kingdom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI equally commiserate with the Oloris, children and entire Adeyemi family on the demise of their patriarch and worthy father.\u201cKabiyesi\u2019s departure is a huge loss not only to Oyo State, to which he committed 52 years of his life as the Alaafin of Oyo Kingdom, but also to Nigeria and the entire Yoruba race.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, Oba Adeyemi was our last man standing in the rank of most eminent royal fathers with long years of leadership.\u201cHe became a golden king, an institution and an authority rolled into one by virtue of his immense experience, wisdom and understanding of Yoruba history, royalty and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oyo State Governor, \u2018Seyi Makinde, on Saturday described the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as \u201ca huge loss to the state, Nigeria&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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