President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his condolences to the people of Ibadan and the government of
Oyo State via a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Femi Adesina on Friday, January 22, 2016 on the death of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana.Buhari
“Nigeria
needs the wisdom of such senior citizens and their wealth of experience
and moral standards, especially at a time like this that we want to
change the orientation and ethical values of our people to place higher
priority on hard work, discipline, honesty, accountability and
transparency,”
Buhari said of the late monarch.
Oba Odulana passed on this Tuesday (January 19th 2016) at the age of 101.