Indigenes and residents of Ikirun , Osun state , members of the ruling APC ; loyalists of the Minister of Interior , Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in particular, were sent into mourning mood when the news spread that a foremost traditional ruler and principal supporter of the party, the Akirun of Ikirun , Oba AbdulRauf Olawale Adedeji has joined his ancestors.
Akirun of Ikirun shares first name with the minister and he was among those who were instrumental in the emergence of Ogbeni AbdulRauf Aregbesola as governor of Osun state.
Oba AbdulRauf Olawale Adedeji breathed his last at about 11pm penultimate Wednesday
Oba Abdulrauf became Ikirun monarch in 1991 and he has journeyed to fraternize with his ancestors at 78.
The news of the Ikirun monarch’s passing was yet to be officially announced by the Ikirun Council of Chiefs as at Friday and this will not be done until the normal process of thresholds and spiritual transition is done.
The state government however confirmed the monarch’s trip to the great beyond on twitter.
‘The Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba AbdulRauf Olawale Adedeji, has passed on.
Akirun, who mounted the royal stool in 1991, reportedly died at about 11:00pm on Wednesday, after a brief illness. The former banker was a committed progressive and a member of the Council of Obas’.
