From Ondo State, CEOAFRICA.com has gathered that the remains of former governor, Olusegun Agagu, will be buried on October 4, 2013.

According to statement made available by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, the state government has announced a three-day burial plan.
 The burial events would commence at the International Conference Centre (ICC), University of Ibadan (UI), with Tribute Day beginning at 11 a.m.

The commissioner, who said the body of the late governor would leave Lagos to arrive the Akure Airport by 9.a.m. on October 3, while the lying-in-state would hold at the Democracy Park, Akure, also stated that another lying-in-state and wake-keep would  take place on the same day beginning from 5 p.m. at the Civic Centre, Iju-Odo, Okitipupa Local Government Area.

“A burial service will hold for the deceased on October 4, at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Iju-Odo also in Okitipupa Local Government Area by 11 a.m., while the remains of the late Agagu will be interred at the same venue, with reception following at Manuwa Memorial Grammar School in the same town,” he said.

However, a special prayer session was organized last Wednesday for the state. It was attended by the Christian Association of Nigeria and Christian Welfare Board in Ondo State at Cultural Centre, Akure.

Speaking at the prayer session, Governor Olusegun Mimiko urged the people of the state to troop out en mass for the burial to honour his late predecessor. 

Mimiko had early this week during a condolence visit to the family of the deceased in Lagos, declared a seven-day of mourning in the state in honour of the late Agagu.