The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has described the death of Elemona of Ilemona Oba Yusuf Omokanye Oyekanmi 1 as a great loss.
In his condolence message, Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu sympathized with the member representing the Odo-Ogun state constituency in Oyun Local Government area of the state; Hon. Prince Yusuf Atoyebi Musa, ADC to President Tinubu; Colonel Nurudeen Yusuf, other family members of the Yusuf family and the people of Ilemona on the death of the Royal father.
“The news of the death of our Royal father, Oba Yusuf Omokanye Oyekanmi 1 has come to us as a rude shock but as Muslims, we have to accept it as the will of Allah. As a respected royal father whose reign on the stool of his forebears witnessed tremendous growth and development of his people and community, we will surely miss him”, the speaker said in a statement.
“On behalf of my humble self and the Kwara State House of Assembly, we commiserate with our colleague Hon. Atoyebi Musa Yusuf and his family on the death of their father, may Allah forgive the deceased and grant him Aljanat Fridaos, Ameen”.