Dapo Abiodun Mourns The Passing of Oba Yinusa Oladele Adekoya

By: Ogunleye Oluwapelumi

In the early hours of today, Monday 13th 2023, Alayeluwa, Oba Yinusa Oladele Adekoya, the Dagburewa of Idowa was announced dead.

Following this announcement, the executive governor of Ogun state have sent his condolences in a statement. “ With deep sense of loss, we mourn the passing of our beloved Royal Father, Alayeluwa, Oba Yinusa Oladele Adekoya, the Dagburewa of Idowa.

“With deep sense of loss, we mourn the passing of our beloved Royal Father, Alayeluwa, Oba Yinusa Oladele Adekoya, the Dagburewa of Idowa.

“We express our heartfelt condolences to the entire family and the good people of Idowa, and pray God grants them the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss” the governor wrote.

Oba Yinusa Oladele Adekoya was born on 11th October. 1935 at Idowa in Ogun State.

He was educated variously at the Macwen College of Secretarial Studies, and Universities in Nigeria such as Nsukka (UNN) in 1962, while in 1973 he was at the Institute of Administration, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where he bagged a certificate in Administrative and Management Techniques.