Funke Olakunrin, the slain daughter of the national leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, was on Monday buried in Akure, the Ondo State capital, amid calls on the federal and state governments to address insecurity.
From Left: Husband of the deceased, Mr. Olakunrin, and her children, at the funeral service.
Mrs Olakunrin was felled by bullets from yet to be identified gunmen along Kajola-Ore axis in Ondo State on the Ore-Shagamu Expressway.
Her funeral service, which held at the St. David’s Cathedral Anglican Church, Ijomu, Akure, was well attended by highly-placed personalities and politicians in the state and outside.
Presenting the funeral sermon, the Bishop of the Akure Diocese of the Anglican Church, Simoen Borokini, bemoaned insecurity in the country, noting that there was an urgent need for governments at all levels to protect the lives of citizens.
He said death was the destiny of all humans but the death of Mrs Olakunrin was a great loss to the Akure community and Nigeria.
“Do we have credible leaders in Nigeria? It is very unfortunate. Millions of people in the land are wounded and needed healing. It is when the governments do the needful that we can be healed,” said the bishop.
GOVERNORS OF SOUTH WEST: From Left: Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Lagos State Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, during the funeral service of Funke Olakunrin, at St. David’s Cathedral, Ijomu, Akure, Ondo State on Monday 22 July 2019.
“The government should do more for the security of the people. You take a risk in your house and you take a bigger risk when you take a step outside your house.
“Nobody is happy and nobody is safe in this country, our leader should do something on the issue of insecurity.”
While consoling the family of the deceased, the bishop said only God
could comfort and wipe away their tears.
