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Akala receives late IG's remains in Ogbomoso

The remains were received by former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and police commissioners from Oyo and Ondo state

Sunday Adewusi

The remains of former Inspector- General of Police, Chief Sunday Adewusi, arrived Ogbomoso, his country home on Friday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Adewusi, who was I-G from 1981 to 1983 died at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the age of 79 years.

The remains which were conveyed in a Nigeria Police Helicopter with number 5N-ANS arrived at the Baptist Seminary field at noon.

The remains were received by former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and police commissioners from Oyo and Ondo states.

The remains were accompanied from Abuja to Ogbomoso by the children of the deceased, Mr Aderemi Adewusi and Adesanya Adewusi.

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NAN also reports that the remains were deposited at t morgue of BOWEN University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.

The family of the deceased had announced that the details of the final burial rites would be made available to the general public later.

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