President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday depart Abuja to attend the eighth-day prayer ceremony for Sikiru Adetona, the late Awujale of Ijebuland.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, writing on his X handle, on Friday, said the President will join Governor Dapo Abiodun and other dignitaries at the event, which will be held at the Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu-Ode.
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Oba Adetona, who passed away on July 13 at the age of 91, was laid to rest the following day in Ijebu-Ode.
The President couldn’t attend the burial ceremony, following his other national engagement involving the death and burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who also died on the same day, as the late Ijebu monarch.
