Sultan Of Sokoto Pays Condolence Visit To Late Awujale’s Family

The Sultan of Sokoto and president of National Traditional Rulers Council of Nigeria (NTRCN), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has visited the royal household of the precocious Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, Ogbagba II, successful Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, connected a condolence visit.

The Sultan, who arrived South-West connected Thursday September 25, for the coronation of erstwhile Oyo State governor, Oba Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, arsenic the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan Land connected Friday, thereafter visited the Adetona household connected Saturday, September 27, 2025.

He was accompanied by the President of the Muslim Ummah of South-West Nigeria (MUSWEN), Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, and immoderate different Muslim leaders.

Received by the scion of the royal family, Prince Saud Adedire Adetona upon his arrival, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar and his entourage proceeded to the tomb of the precocious monarch, who passed distant aforesaid time with precocious erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari connected Sunday, July 13, 2025, astatine the property of 91, and offered prayers for the repose of his psyche successful Al-Jannah Firdaos.

He was aboriginal treated to a humble reception attended by eminent Ijebu leaders, including the Regent of Awujale, Olor’ogun Dr Sonny Folorunso Kuku, who is besides the Agbeni Oja of Ijebuland; Olori Omo Oba Ijebu, Dr Kunle Hassan, and precise galore others, who joined the household successful receiving the salient Nigerian monarch.

Also, connected crushed were 2 widows of the precocious Awujale, namely Olori Agba Iyabode Adetona, Olori Modupe Adetona, with Olori Obakemi Adetona successful absentia. Among the children besides astatine the lawsuit alongside Prince Saud Adedire Adetona were Prince Ademola Adetona, Prince Adeniyi, Princess Adetoun Adetona.

Regent Sonny Kuku, who delivered a invited code reminiscing the interconnection betwixt him and the Sultan arsenic respectively students of King’s College, Lagos, and Barewa College, Zaria, expressed unreserved appreciation connected the eminent visitor’s determination to marque the sojourn successful spite of his choky schedule.

According to the Regent, “It is with large honour and reverence that I, arsenic Chairman of the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council, widen a lukewarm invited to you to Ijebuland.Your beingness present contiguous is simply a testament to the beardown bonds of brotherhood and solidarity that beryllium betwixt our communities.

“We are profoundly touched by your determination to wage a condolence sojourn to the Royal Family of our precocious Awujale and the radical of Ijebuland. Your Eminence’s motion demonstrates your committedness to fostering unity and bid among Nigerians, transcending spiritual and taste divides.

“We commune that Allah grants you harmless travels and accepts your condolences. We besides admit your continued prayers for the repose of the psyche of our departed monarch.”

Earlier, speaking during the visit, the Sultan urged continuous prayers for the precocious Awujale saying, “First of all, we convey Almighty Allah for his blessing and for bringing america unneurotic this day arsenic members of 1 large family.

“I indispensable archetypal recognizs the mothers of this family, the Oloris contiguous and past the different household members. On my close manus side, my ain precise bully person (Kuku), contempt the King’s College, idiosyncratic I’ve known for truthful galore years, adjacent earlier I became Sultan due to the fact that of the celebrated ever hospital.

“We convey Almighty Allah for bringing america home, and arsenic we arrived, we went consecutive to the sedate of our brother, our friend, and offered our prayers to him adjacent though we’ve been praying for him portion alive, portion helium was operating from indexes, and erstwhile Almighty Allah called him. We commune to Almighty Allah to forgive him and assistance him Aljannat al-Firdaus.

“Let’s proceed to commune for him anytime we find opportunity. When we bash connection our regular prayers arsenic Muslims; our 5 regular prayers, prayers connected Jumuah, due to the fact that that’s what we usually bash for our leaders.

“They person gone and it’s near for america to proceed to beryllium connected what they person near down for us. and truly, the void facet connected what they person near for us.”

The Sultan of Sokoto prayed for bid to proceed to reign successful Ijebu onshore before, during and aft the process of selecting the caller Awujale.