• Condoles Idoani People Over Loss.
The federal lawmaker representing Owo/Ose Federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Abuja, Hon. (Dr.) Timehin Adelegbe receives with a deep sense of loss, the devastating news of the first professor of Yoruba studies in Nigeria, Prof. Omotayo Olutoye, the wife of Alani of Idoani kingdom in Ose local government area of Ondo state who passed on at the age of 87.
The legislator is personally touched and feels the sense of the great loss, described the late academia as symbol of service to humanity, resourceful, cerebral and a woman of many parts whose trajectory and track records in her chosen career exemplified discipline and a beacon to many women in the society.
“The death of Mama Olutoye is indeed, a piercing pain that only time can heal. We have lost a very resourceful woman.
"We will not only miss her teachings and candour but her renditions with experiences and immeasurable contributions not only to the academic community but the entire Idoani land and Ondo state as a whole can never be forgotten.
“I commiserate with the Kabiesi, HRM Oba Oluoye and the entire family she left behind over this irreplaceable loss. We can only pray to God to give you the fortitude to bear this loss.
“Undoubtedly, our hearts are heavy and as Christians, we can only accept this as an act of God, who giveth and taketh. We will take solace in the quality life the scholar lived while here with us. She was an achiever who still had so much to offer.
“As we mourn our departed beloved, we pray God to grant her eternal rest and console the family she left behind.”
Signed:
Wale Akingbade
Media Aide to Hon. (Dr.) Timehin Adelegbe.
July 24, 2023.
