Farewell HID Awolowo!

According to naij report, The matriarch who would have clocked 100 years today will be buried beside her husband in Ikenne, Ogun state.
HID Awolowo will be the second prominent Yoruba personality in recent times to be buried on their birthday.
The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), which was founded by her late husband Chief Awolowo in the Second Republic, held a farewell programme for her yesterday, describing her as a true mother for all.
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be attending the burial ceremony.
Osinbajo, who is an in-law of the Awolowos arrived at Ikenne, yesterday, while the president is expected to do so today.
See photos from the burial ceremony below:

 

HID Awolowo laid to rest today in Ikene

      

          Some National Youth Service Corp members on ground to pay their last respect to HID        Awolowo

   

                 Aliko Dangote attends HID Awolowo’s burial

VP Osinbajo and his wife in Ikene for HID Awolowo’s wedding

Senate president Bukola Saraki at the burial ceremony of Awolowo in Ikene.

Adebayo Shittu, the minister of communication was at the burial ceremony.

HID Awolowo’s burial

Dignitaries at the burial ceremony of HID Awolowo

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has said that he believes the late Awolowo is in heaven.


Photo credit: Naij