The statement read, “The remains of the late Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs. Funmilayo Adunni Olayinka, would be buried on Friday, April 26, 2013. The week-long activities for her state burial will commence on April 22nd.”
The statement was silent on where the remains would be buried.
Meanwhile, the three senators from the state – Senator Babafemi Ojudu Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi and Senator Tony Adeniyi – paid a condolence visit to the parents of the late deputy governor.
Ojudu, who wept uncontrollably, extolled the virtues of Olayinka, urging the grieving parents to take solace in the fact that the deceased lived a good life and impacted many lives positively.
The senator said he saw Olayinka last Thursday before he travelled out. He said both of them cried when he was leaving her because she knew that “her time was near.”
Also, the Forum of Deputy Governors in Nigeria on Wednesday, said it was impressed by the quality of medical treatment given to the late Olayinka in her battle against cancer, which eventually led to her death last Saturday at the age of 52.
The Forum, in a condolence message delivered to the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, lauded the state government for its support for the deceased.
Delivering the message of the Forum to Fayemi in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, the representatives of the forum, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope- Adefulire (Lagos State Deputy Governor) and Chief Segun Adesogun (Ogun), lauded the support the late Olayinka got from the Ekiti Government in her courageous battle against the sickness.
The Forum, according to Orelope-Adefulire, is proud of the contributions of the late Olayinka to the success of the Fayemi administration in which she served diligently.
Orelope-Adefulire said, “Your government has been wonderful in taking care of her, she received the best of treatment. She was very courageous, hardworking and she lived a fulfilled life.”
Meanwhile Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; and his Kwara State counterpart, Abdulfatah Ahmed, were among eminent Nigerians that paid condolence visits to Fayemi over the death of Olayinka.
Other dignitaries include the Accountant- General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla; Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, who was represented by a delegation.
Amosun, who described the late Olayinka as a daughter of Ogun State, having married an Egba man, said Ogun State also shared in the pain of the loss of the late deputy governor.
“In Ogun State, we are sharing in this grief because she was married to our son, she is our wife and we share in your grief, we share in your sorrow,” he said.
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