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Rtd Supreme Court Justice, Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola
By TINA TIMOTHY
The family of retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola, has made public the funeral arrangements of the late legal icon.
In a statement recently issued by Yemisi Odeniyi (née Ayoola), the family said the burial rites will run from Monday, November 11 to Friday, November 22, 2024.
The statement read: “Funeral arrangements for the retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola begin from Abuja on November 11, 2024 and end in Ibadan on November 22, 2024.” Below are details of the programme:
1.Monday, 11thNovember: 2024
SPECIAL COURT SITTING:
Venue: Supreme Court of Nigeria, Three Arms Zone Abuja.
Time: 2pm.
2.Thursday, 21stNovember, 2024
SERVICE OF SONGS
Venue: Mauve 21 Event Centre
MKO Abiola Way, Ring Road, Ibadan.
Time: 4:00pm – 7.00 pm.
3.Friday, 22ndNovember, 2024
LAYING IN STATE
Venue: Residence, Temidire Camp
IDC bus stop, Odo-Ona Elewe, off
Akala Way Ibadan
Time: 7.00am – 8-30am.
4.Friday, 22ndNovember, 2024
FUNERAL SERVICE:
Methodist Church of Nigeria,
Adeola Odutola Road
(Omotayo Bus Stop) Oke – Ado, Ibadan.
Time: 10am.
The statement added that private interment takes place immediately after service.
