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NURTW Boss Buried Amidst Tears

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Oyo State Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Taofeek Oyerinde, popularly known as Fele was this morning buried at his Elebu house, Ibadan amidst tears and anguish from family members, colleagues and associates.

His remains, led by the Osun State Chairman of the union, Mr. Folorunso Olalekan, a.k.a Lekan Salam, was conveyed to his palatial home in Ibadan at exactly 9:19am, in a white Toyota Hiace ambulance with registration number Abuja RAHIS 8. The ambulance was escorted to the house in snail moving convoy from the Ire-Aakari junction to his house with many members of the union betraying their emotions.

The ambulance, according to an unnamed source got to Osun yesterday into the awaiting hands of members of the union and family members who were at hand to receive his remains.

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The body was immediately handed over for the Islamic Janazah while it was returned for special prayer at about 10:07 led by Sheikh AbdulRosheed Babalamunigun in company of other Islamic clerics.

Thereafter, his remains wrapped in a light lemon mat was taken under one of his garages for internment at about 10:12am. This exercise drew uncontrollable weeping, panegyrics and shouts of Allahu Akbar, allahu Akbar as his remains were carried to the grave side for internment.

Another emotional moment featured when his wife, Alhaja Kemi and the children were led to perform the dust-to-dust as they wept uncontrollably.

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His eldest son, Alhaji Afeez Oyerinde, in an emotion-laden voice thanked the people for their love and support for his late father while alive and even after his death, appealling to them to forget about any misgivings about the cause of his father’s death.

He said: “My father was a soft personality who loves to help people till the point of his death. I never knew of any wicked act of his while alive. His death was surprising, shocking and painful to me when we learnt of his demise. My prayer is that Allah should forgive him of his sins while alive.”

“I want to appeal to everybody because I know he was a man of many people to let us mind our utterances. No one can kill anybody. Allah in his infinite mercy gives life to human beings and the only one that can take it. I am of the strong opinion that Allah gave us my father, Alhaji Oyerinde, and same Allah took him away from us.”

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Also, the immediate past deputy Secretary-General, South West of the union, Alhaji Moshood Ajao who represented NURTW members from Abuja, described late Oyerinde as “the best state chairman the union has ever produced throughout the country. Today is a sad day for our union in Nigeria because death plucked the best rose in our garden.”

The Chairman, NURTW Lagos State chapter, Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede said Oyerinde’s death was a great loss to the union and the society at large.

Dignitaries at the occasion were the Special Adviser to Oyo State governor on security, Mr. Segun Bolarinwa who represented the state government; Commissioner of Police, Oyo State, Abiodun Odude, some members of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Nollywood actors and musicians.