The funeral of immediate past Governor of Oyo state, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, has been postponed.
His spokesman, Bolaji Tunji, told reporters in his Oluyole, Ibadan residence on Friday morning that the family would soon make an announcement of the burial programme.
Tunji said: “The funeral arrangements will be announced soon by the family but it will be observed privately so as to be in accordance with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines.”
He appealed to sympathisers, who have been thronging his residence, to continue following NCDC guidelines by washing their hands, using face masks and keeping social distancing, among others.
Ajimobi died in a private hospital in Lagos on Thursday at 70.
The family of Senator Abiola Ajimobi Thursday afternoon revealed the death of the former Oyo State Governor shortly after the dissolution of the All Progressives Congress’ national working committee, where the deceased served as deputy national chairman and was being used as a pawn in the fight for the control of the party.
Controversy over demise
Ajimobi, 70, died from COVID-19 complications, after contracting the disease about two weeks ago. He had other delicate health challenges, which complicated his treatment and recovery, according to a very close aide, who confirmed his death to THEWILL on June 18, 2020, that prompted our report on his demise, before his daughter and spokesman countered with a denial. The confusion over his state of health continued through the week as the pro-Tinubu/Oshiomhole faction of the party fronted his name as a platform to stand on to wrestle control of the party from the Governors of the APC.
The Tinubu faction lost the battle Thursday with the dissolution of the NWC.
THEWILL source said Ajimobi’s unresponsive body had been plugged to a life support machine all through the week but for the politics he would have been unplugged.