Burial date for Olajide Sowore announced

Olajide, the younger brother of a former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, will be buried on Thursday.

He will be buried in his hometown, Kiribo, in the Ese-Odo Local Government area of Ondo State.

Omoyele Sowore confirmed the development in a statement released on Monday.

The message said: “My dearest brother and childhood friend, Olajide will be buried on Thursday at our hometown, Kiribo in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, at 10 am.”

Sowore also thanked Nigerians for commiserating with him on the death of his brother.

He said:

“Again, thank you all for reaching out with great love and kind words of consolation, support and solidarity over the tragic but still unexplained death of my dearest brother, Felix Olajide Sowore.

“I send you loads of gratitude from the bottom of my heart and that of my entire family.”

Omoyele Sowore also alleged that no rescue operations are ongoing to secure 5 persons kidnapped by the killers of his brother.

He said: ”We should report to the public that despite the noise from Nigerian government officials promising to ‘apprehend’ my brother’s killers, we are not aware of any security agency/ies carrying out rescue operations to free those purportedly abducted or investigating the identity of Jide’s murderers.

”It is not as though we expect anything from the failed Nigerian system that took our brother’s life, I feel that I owe you all an update on these matters.”