The remains of the Oyo State House of Assembly Speaker, Adesina Adeyemo, will be committed to mother earth on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at his residence in Lanlate area of the state.
The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Toye Arulogun, disclosed this at a briefing on Tuesday.
He said the Service of Songs will hold on Wednesday, May 2 at Oke-Ado Baptist Church, Oke-Ado Ibadan by 4 pm.
He added that there will be a special session and lying in state at the State Assembly Complex on Thursday at 8am, thereafter the motorcade leaves for the interment.
Mr Adeyemo was the Speaker of the 8th Assembly, who represented the Ibarapa East State Constituency in the State House of Assembly, he was sworn in as Speaker of the State House of Assembly on June 12, 2015.
Prior to his position as Speaker, he was Deputy Chief Whip of the House, member of Fund Allocation, Works and Transport, Agriculture, Trade and Investment, Appropriation and Public Finance committees of the 7th House of Assembly.
The Speaker was the Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Conference of Speakers and also the Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee, among Speakers of the States’ Houses of Assembly.
He was a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the International Bar Association. He also served on the executive committee of the Ibadan branch of the NBA as an Auditor and Assistant Secretary.
The state commissioner noted that there will be a state burial for the Speaker as dignitaries from across the nation are expected to be in attendance.
Mr Adeyemo who died on Friday, April 27, 2018, after a brief illness was survived by his wife, children and aged parents.