SDP Leaders Pay Tribute as Ex-Rep Oba Olakusehin, Late Olubadan, Passes On

The Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) National Working Committee has expressed profound grief over the passing of Oba Owolabi Olakusehin, the late Olubadan of Ibadan. Acting National Chairman Dr. Sadiq Umar Abubakar led the party’s leadership in paying tribute to the revered monarch, who made history as an SDP-elected House of Representatives member during Nigeria’s 1992 general elections.

The national leadership of the party condoled the government of Oyo State and the people of Ibadan on the death of a monarch, who did not only serve his people well, but also the nation in general, as a military officer in his younger days, and as federal legislator in the aborted Third Republic.

In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, the party said it recognisesq the late Oba as a unifier and major contributor to national development.

The party is very proud to have produced three successive Olubadans – the late Olubadan Lekan Balogun, and Olubadan Owolabi Olakusehin, who passed away recently, as part of its glorious contributions to national development, and remarkable legacies to Nigeria’s democratic journey, as well as the current Otun Olubadan, the next in line to the revered stool of Olubadan, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, who has previously served Oyo State as Governor.

The party prayed for the repose of Oba Olakusehin and wishes Oba Ladoja, who has also served Nigeria as a distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic, under the banner of the SDP, the best of luck as he gets set to assume the exalted royal stool.

The party prays for the continued peace, growth and advancement of Ibadan, the homeland of greats.