Prayer saves Agagu’s family from extinction – Bishop Ogunele

The three days fasting and prayer preceding yesterday’s burial of former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu was what prevented the Agagu’s family from being completely wiped out in Thursday’s plane crash.Bishop of the coast, Anglican Communion, Ebun Oluwa Ogunele made this disclosure while delivering sermon at the ex-governor’s burial ceremony.

The corpse, which laid in a gold casket with the designer’s label of ‘Bell’ as against the one by ‘MIC’ which was involved in Thursday’s plane crash but remained intact, was brought by another undertaker, BELL Casket at about 1.30 pm and lowered into the grave at about 3.45pm amid crying and wailing by family members, relations, friends and followers. His corpse was buried at the church cemetery.

Ogunele, who charged people to emulate the virtue of the late former minister, said that Agagu did not amass wealth, stressing that he lived a simple and glorious life which, he said, was worthy of emulation.

The priest, who went the memory lane to recount the benevolence of the former governor, even after he left office, pointed out that he was generous to a fault, an attribute which was attested to by the people of his community.

He advised relations of the late former governor to take solace in the fact that Thursday’s air crash involving some members of his family did not consume them as earlier speculated in the social media.

On hand to bid farewell to the former Minister of Aviation and Power and Steel Minister were former PDP governors in the South west: Adebayo Alao Akala of Oyo State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun, Gbenga Daniel, Ogun, and Segun Oni Ekiti and his deputy, Alhaji Sikiru Lawal. Others were Ministers of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade and Technology, Mrs Omobolaji Johnson.

The widow of the deceased, Mrs. Olufunke Agagu was accompanied by her two daughters to the church. The son of the deceased, Feyi Agagu, who was involved in the ill-fated flight, could not attend the the burial ceremony. Sources close to the family disclosed that doctors did not release him, saying that they could not guarantee the stability of his health.

The state Governor, Olusegun Mimiko was represented by Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Adenike Ademujimi. The state PDP governorship candidate, Olusola Oke, state chairman of the party Rufus Alabi, former Commissioner for Health, Adeola Adegbemiro were among the dignitaries at the event.

Source: Sun