24th August, 2023
By Adejoke Adeleye/Ogun
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, has adopted the three children of his murdered aide, Mr.Adeniyi Oluwatosin Sanni.
This was contained in a press release signed and made available by the Special Adviser to the Senator who represents Ogun West at the 10th National Assembly on Media, Chief Kayode Odunaro.
Mr. Sanni was killed on August 5, 2023 during an encounter with security agents at a check point in Ojodu Berger area of Ikeja, and his body dumped at Oshodi area of Lagos state.
Speaking through Barrister Babatunde Raji-Label, the Director General of his campaign organization in Lagos, at the funeral in RCCG RHEMA CHAPEL, Redemption Camp, Mowe, Senator Adeola informed he has adopted children of his deceased aide. The children whose names are: Moraraoluwa, Oluwashindara and Oluwafeyidara Sanni.
He also pledged that he will take care of welfare of the deceased aged mother while the immediate family will be catered for on a monthly basis.
“It impossible for me to find a replacement for Niyi. He is my blood and a dedicated aide of almost two decades. I am greatly grieved by his unwarranted death. As a father figure to him, I had to stay away from his funeral as tradition demands,” he stated.
The Senator disclosed that a Trust fund he established with a donation and contributions from friends, associates and colleagues yielded N55 million in less than a week and the fund has been applied to pay for the children’s education in their present institution with adjustment for increases for the next 6 to 10 years of their education.
Senator Adeola thanks all those who commiserated with him and members of Mr. Sanni’s family with a prayer that God Almighty will grant all the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
The funeral was conducted by Pastor Gbenga Odunowo of the Young Adult and Youth Church of RCCG RHEMA CHAPEL. Theme of his talk centered around “Only our good works while alive mattered”. He stressed that the testimonies about Mr. Sanni is a pointer to the good works he did while alive.
Pastor Odunowo urged all to do good works while alive and accept Jesus Christ as their savior for the salvation of their souls.
The funeral service was attended by associates of the Senator from Lagos and Ogun State.
Some of them are Hon. Adekunle Adesina, Hon. Babatunde Olaotan, Pastor Kenny Jones.
Also in attendance were Mrs. Funmi Efuwape, Hon. Dr. Babatunde Adejare and a host of others.