Governor Adebayo Adefarati Of Ondo State Is Dead

AKURE — THE Alliance  for Democracy AD yesterday called for the postponement of the April elections following the demise of its presidential candidate, Chief Adebayo Adefarati. It has also declared a three-day mourning period nationwide following the death of the immediate past governor of Ondo State.

At an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party held at Akungba-Akoko, home town of the late former governor of Ondo State, the party said it had written INEC on the death of its candidate and the party’s position in accordance with Section 37 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2006.

In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the National Chairman of the party, Chief Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa said that, “As a democratic party with a pedigree, the AD is solidly committed to the forthcoming elections and as such has written to INEC stating our position in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.

@ All,

I wonder what killed the great man, anyone gat info?

Huummmmmmmm,  a man at 76 want to rule this country. I believe he would be 80 years @ the end of his tenure. I wonder what this so called top mentalist take this entire country for.

PDP is giving us someone that has unstable health condition.

AD sending in a great grand father, Abeg, I tire, 

Thanks God I have no candidate am going to cast ma vote for, so, let them do it, as they always know how to do, let them select them ass selfs again.

Is only in Nigeria I discover that constitution can be changed because of the interest of any person, group of individual.

What a DEMo of crazy old generations.

so who is running now for the Ondo State Gov

Adebayo Adefarati is dead, I believe he would be 80 years before the end of his tenure.  A man at 76 want to rule this country.

Oh!!!, who is running now for the Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate in forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria now?.

we all knew he was never going to win, they just put him there for the sake of having a candidate - only 3 parties have genuine chances, all the rest are just running so they can call themselves 'former presidential aspirant'. you know Nigerians are title crazy

but its a pity though, if he had lived he could've mentored younger politicians (if so interested) but he had the basic 70 years, so its not that sad

RIP
He will buried in few days and my dad, hmmm a common man is invited actually by one of his daughters. I am scared of allowing my dad to attend this funeral since it is shooting everywhere now in Ondo.
How i wish i can convince my papa of going to Ondo state?

May his soul continue to rest in peace.

Yar'Adua, govs, others to grace Adefarati's burial

By Dayo Johnson
Thursday, June 14, 2007

AKURE—PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar 'Adua, state governors, political leaders across the party levels and captains of industries are expected at the final funeral  ceremony of the erstwhile governor of Ondo State and the Presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) Chief Adebayo Adefarati on  Saturday, June  23.



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The President had earlier paid a condolence visit to the family at the thick of the preparation for the presidential election.

Chief Adefarati died on March 29 this year after a brief illness at the Federal Medical Center, FMC, in Owo.


Addressing newsmen in Akure yesterday the state Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Prince John Mafo flanked by two of the children of the deceased Tunde and  Gboyega said that the ceremony would start this Saturday June 16 through 24 this year.


The commissioner added that members of the national and state Assemblies, political functionaries at the Federal and State levels, Officers of the Armed Forces, and  clergymen across the country are amongst the personalities expected at the burial ceremony.


Mafo said that the state government would give the former governor a state burial and that the governor Dr Olusegun Agagu had set up a 37-member committee with  membership from the government and the family of the deceased for effective burial programmee.


According to him, the committee after five weeks of planning has carefully put together a programme to guarantee a befitting burial and last honor for the deceased.

The final burial service will hold at Trinity Anglican Church Akungba Akoko while the interment follows at his residence on Saturday June 23 and on Sunday June 24  an outing service would hold at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church Akungba Akoko.


The late Adefarati was born on February 14, 1931 and was elected governor of the state on January 1999 until May 28 2003.

He was picked as the Presidential candidate of the AD for its April 21 Presidential election until death came calling. The late Adefarati was  an educationist, politician,  philanthropists and a sport administrator.