SAN FRANCISCO, July 05, (THEWILL) – The Deputy Governor of Oyo state, Rauf Olaniyan, was on Sunday denied access to the eighth-day fidau prayers of the late former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, at his Oluyole, Ibadan residence.
The family had announced the fidau prayer as a private program and urged the public to watch through virtual channels including Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook.
Olaniyan arrived at the residence at about 11:20 am in a convoy of five vehicles but was stopped, on getting to the gate of the road leading to Ajimobi’s residence, by policemen and members of other security agencies manning the gate.
They insisted that only the deputy governor’s vehicle could be allowed into the street to join the prayer.
This was rebuffed by the deputy governor’s security details and the argument degenerated prompting a senior policeman to intervene and they eventually agreed that only the deputy governor’s vehicle should go in.
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But on getting to Ajimobi’s house, the gate was also locked. The deputy governor’s aides introduced their principal but they were told that the gate had been locked and that Mrs. Ajimobi was in possession of the key.
Olaniyan waited, believing that the issue would be sorted in no time but left after waiting for about 15 minutes without any positive development.
