Friends, family and political associates have arrived for the burial of former Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
As at 8:30 am on Friday morning, at the Oluyole Estate of the former All Progressive Congress (APC) Deputy National Chairman’s house, people were seen trooping in for the final internment of the icon.
Ajimobi’s media aide, Tunji Bolaji, and some of the former governor’s commissioners are on ground to witness the burial of their former boss who is to be buried according to Islamic rites.
Some Muslim clerics, the likes of Alhaji Animasahun Tajudeen, a former Board member of the Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare Board among others, were also present.
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