Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State was on Friday absent at the interdenominational service held for the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade despite his close relations with the monarch.
The governor was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Moshood Adeoti, who said the governor had a very urgent meeting to attend in Lagos.
Aregbesola had said the late monarch sent a text message to him before he travelled abroad for medical attention and committed him and the state government into the continuous guidance of God.
He’d eulogised the late monarch for his contributions toward the promotion of Yoruba culture.
However the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the August 9, 2014 governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore, who is a prominent son of Ife, attended the ceremony.
