Isaac Omodewu

The remains of Isaac Omodewu, the Chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is expected to arrive in Nigeria from the United States of America on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

He will then be laid to rest in his hometown, Otu, in the Itesiwaju Local Government Area of the state, on Friday, 13th September.

The Publicity Secretary of the party, Wale Sadare, confirmed this to in a chat with Punch on Sunday.

Omodewu, who travelled in November 2023, for a medical trip in the USA, died on Sunday, August 18, during the illness.

Sadare stated, “The body of our chairman will leave the USA on 11th September and arrive in Nigeria on Thursday, 12th September. A Christian wake will be held on Thursday in Ibadan, while the church service and burial will take place in his hometown, Otu, in the Itesiwaju Local Government Area of the state, on Friday, 13th September.”

Omodewu served as a Commissioner in the administration of the late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

The late chairman was inaugurated alongside 34 other state chairmen by Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee in February 2022.

He emerged from the state congress conducted in October 2021.

When asked whether his deputy, Olayide Abas, will be sworn in after the burial, the APC Publicity Secretary said, “We have not acted on it. We will address the matter after the burial. We have put it on hold for now, as we want to pay our last respects to our chairman.”