The remains of former governor of Ondo
State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, will be
committed to mother earth today as
planned, despite the loss of lives in the
crash of the aircraft conveying the former
governor’s corpse to Akure, Ondo State capital. Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
in Ondo State, Ebenezer Alabi, said: “We
just consulted with the family and have
decided to go ahead with the burial. “More so, the son of the former governor
survived and the son-in-law survived. There
was no scratch on the casket. “So while the family sympathised with those
that lost their lives and their loved ones,
they have decided to go ahead with the
burial as was initially planned.” Also, the body of the former governor,
which was still intact despite the plane
crash, is in transit to Iju-Odo, his country
home and final place of rest. It was gathered that the family of late
Agagu in Iju-Odo had ordered that his
remains be conveyed to his home town,
yesterday, by road to continue with the
burial arrangement, which a family source
will be done as planned. 11 persons, including a Commissioner in the
state, Deji Falae, top government officials
and the crew lost their lives in the crash
which happened at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. Meanwhile, Mrs Olufunke Agagu, wife of
late former Governor of Ondo State, Dr.
Olusegun Agagu, and her daughters, Solape
and Omowunmi, have relocated to Iju-Odo
in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the
state for today’s burial of the ex-governor. It was gathered that the wife of the former
governor insisted that burial arrangements
of her late husband will take place as earlier
scheduled. A family source said Mrs Agagu
insisted that burial plans should go ahead
after she confirmed and spoke with her son (Feyi) and son in-law, who were involved in
the crash. The Christian wake-keep was held as
scheduled, yesterday, while the body will be
interred today.
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