Lagos based industrialist and Atayero of Aramoko Kingdom ,Olusegun Aderemi has mourned the passing to the great beyond of one the most revered traditional rulers in Nigeria, the Awujale of Ijebuland ,Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona .
Atayero described the demise of Oba Adetona as double tragedies , coming at time when Nigeria lost one of her greatest leaders, the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari.
Atayero ,in his condolence message made available to journalists described the late Awujale as an embodiment of royalty, class culture and tradition.
According to him , the late Awujale always humbled himself whenever he mingled with his subjects, particularly during annual Ojude Oba festival.
Aderemi who is also the Regional President, Nigeria ,Occupational Safety and Health Association UK(OSHA) said the late Oba Adetona was a well-respected monarch within Yorubaland and indeed across the country.
Aderemi also said that he had a wonderful relationship with the first son of the late Awujale ,who was his class mate at the Lagos Business School.
” I joined the good people of Ogun State and Nigeria to mourn the death of an inlaw, a father- figure and one of the finest monarchs, Oba Sikiru Adetona who joined his ancestors at the age of 91 after reigning for six and a half decades. May God Almighty grant Kabiyesi eternal rest and comfort his families ” Atayero said
He prayed God to grant Oba Adetona eternal repose and his family, Ijebu indigenes, the government and people of Ogun State the fortitude to bear the great loss.