Veteran actor / writer, Pa Adebayo Faleti, 95, who passed away on July 23, at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan , was on Friday, September 8, committed to mother earth in his Agboye Village, Oyo State.
The interment was preceded by a funeral service held at the First Baptist Church, Oyo. Eminent personalities at the event included Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, a retired Archbishop of the Methodist Church, Rt. Rev. Ayo Ladigbolu, Nollywood actors, government functionaries, theatre practitioners, youth groups and traditional leaders among others.
The dignitaries paid glowing tributes to the late elder statesman, describing him as a worthy ambassador of the Yoruba race.
Ajimobi, who was represented by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, described the late Faleti as a “living genius and a man of impact on his generation.”
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