Awolowo.
The remains of the deceased are expected to arrive Nigeria from London at about 6a.m. on Wednesday, April 17, while a valedictory session and lying-in-state would hold at the Lagos State House of Assembly before the body would leave for 31, Park Lane, Apapa, for a service of songs at 5 p.m.
On Thursday, April 18, the body would depart Apapa at 7 a.m. for Tribune House in Ibadan for another lying-in-state and tribute session at 10 a.m., an event that would be followed by entertainment of the Ikenne community at Ikenne Town Hall in Ikenne Remo, Ogun State.
Still on Thursday, Chief Oluwole Awolowo would be laid in Ikenne before a Christian wake-keep at the Obafemi Awolowo Memorial Anglican Church, Ikenne, where he was an active church official for many years.
A funeral service would be held at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, Ikenne Remo after which interment would follow on Friday, April 19.
Entertainment of guests, according to the committee, is slated for the Obafemi Awolowo Square, Ikenne Remo. Chief Oluwole Awolowo, who died on March 27 in the United Kingdom, is survived by wives, children, grandchildren, sisters and an aged mother.
