Olubadan’s Image Towered Beyond Oyo State, Says Ganduje

National chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) and the immediate past governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has described the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, as a Nigerian, whose image towered far above Ibadan which he reigned over and the entire Oyo State.

Ganduje who stated this when he paid a condolence visit to the Alarere residence of the late monarch yesterday said the late Oba Balogun was not only the father of Ibadan or that of Oyo State, but the father of Nigeria.

He described the death of the Olubadan as very sad and shocking, but said as human beings, there was nothing anybody could do to halt the inevitability of death when it was the appointed time by theAlmighty Allah, adding that, “What we should do is to continue to pray for the repose of his gentle and peaceful soul.”