The Akalas, Maigida, Brimmoh, Felix Akande, Dayo Lawal, Koro, others grace funeral ceremony of ‘Baba Adee’
Jeremiah OYELEKE
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Some members of the top echelon of the society were at the funeral service of the late Pa Sunday Adewole Adeleye, which held last Friday (October 10) at Ola-Oluwa Baptist Church, Randa area, Ogbomoso.
Among the dignitaries were Dr Samson Adegoke (Maigida), Chief (Mrs) Oluwakemi Alao-Akala and Pastor Mrs. Florence Alao-Akala, Hon Lamiju Alao-Akala (member of the House of Representatives representing Ogbomoso Federal Constituency), Engr Dayo Lawal (an-chairman Ogbomoso North local government) and Alhaji Kamarudeen a.k.a. Koro.
Some others were Brigadier General Brimo Yusuf (a former senator who represented Oyo North senatorial district), Prince Felix Akande (a former chairman of Ogbomoso South local government), and Hon Wale Adeleke (a former chairman of Ogbomoso South local government).
Pa Adeleye passed away on September 23, 2025 during a brief illness. He was a relation (maternally) and political associate/aide of the late Oyo state governor Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala.
At the wake service earlier on Thursday, family, friends and politicians spoke glowingly of the man popularly known as “Baba Adee.”
Rev’d Dr Elijah Adeyinka in his sermon at the wake service held at the deceased residence at Randa area titled “Testimonies of a life well spent,” with text from Acts 9: 36 – 43, observed that living a good life in accordance with God’s precepts does not preclude one from various challenges of life, noting all tribulations a child of God faces is to the glory of God.
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He urged Christians to lead a life that will “bring people to Jesus Christ.”
Rev’d Dr Olusegun Ige, Minister – in – Charge of the church during the funeral service similarly emphasized on salvation. He said after being physically born there must be a day of divine encounter with God.
He submitted in the sermon titled, “A journey through eternity,” that “You are born for a purpose. There is no mistake in your coming into the world. But after you were born there must be a day of encounter with God. You may be born into a Christian family, but that is being born into religion and so, you must encounter God. That is the only way you can be saved.”
Rev’d Ige further underlined the importance of being born in “water and spirit” asserting “it is the only way to entering the Kingdom of God.”
He charged on being faithful with whatever gift God grants individuals stressing no one could “escape the radar of God” and that “everyone would give account on the day of judgement.”
The deceased was later interred at his residence.
Pa Sunday Adewole Adeleye (79 years) according to the funeral bulletin
was born on December 1st, 1946 into the family compound of Oloola in Osupa, Ogbomoso, to Pa Joseph Bode Adeleye (a.k.a. Ayenimowaje or Ayemaaje). His father was a local policeman (Akoda in traditional Yoruba setting). His mother was Mrs. Alice Olanrewaju Adeleye (Nee Olajide) of Alayabieso compound, Kolera area, Ogbomoso.
He attended Ijeru Baptist Day School between 1955 and 1960. Also during this time he learned carpentry following which he relocated to Lagos. He got married to Madam Victoria Aduke Adeleye (Nee Adeyinka) on January 1st 1972 and the union was blessed with wonderful and blessed children.
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He worked with the then NEWCO Company as a supervisor from where he went into private business.
He is described “as a man with a very large and beautiful heart, caring, loving, extremely generous to a fault to all and sundry, and no one that was ever graced to have met him wouldn’t have their own wonderful testimonies of his compassionate heart.
“Baba Adee as fondly called by many lived a life poured out to humanity, a life of true and genuine service and sacrifice as can be testified throughout his earthly journey. His life of humility to the core is exemplary, he never underate, never ostracised, never looked down on anyone.”
He was also desribed as a man of loyalty. “How do we begin to quantify or describe his unfeigned loyalty, and faithfulness to those he connected with and those who somehow connected with him. Baba Adee was a man of unwavering and untainted dedication and thorough commitment to those he ever served and crossed paths with and those that crossed his path. He knew almost 90% of his phone contact off hand and shepherded all with watchful and caring magnanimity.”
In the family frontier, it is said of him, “He was a loving and wonderful husband, a compassionate and understanding father, he wasn’t just a father to only his biological children but a father figure to countless many, he was something wonderful, something beautiful to everyone that has ever crossed his path. Until his latter days, he will reach out in phone calls to families, friends and acquaintance regularly just to check up on your well being, he rested this wearied body on that early hours of Tuesday September 23rd 2025.”
May his soul rest in peace.
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