Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, Chief Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Mudasiru Obasa and hundreds of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, yesterday bade a deceased chieftain of the party, Alh. Safiriyu Abiodun Sunmola final good bye .

Sunmola died last Thursday in Lagos and was interred at his country home, off Obalende area of Ijebu – Ode, Ogun State yesterday. He was 77.

Dignitaries including politicians and members of the Muslim community in Ijebu – Ode as well as the Mende – Maryland area of Lagos who were still pained by the shock of his passage, said Sunmola would be “greatly missed.”

Governor Ambode, Senator Ashafa and Senator Olurunnibe Mamora all maintained mournful mood all through and unwilling to speak with journalists but some other dignitaries said Sunmola’s manner of exit was “like a joke and play” to them.

The Chief Imam of Ijebuland, described the late Sunmola as a man of “good character,” saying even when he was not holding any elective office or appointment, his death and burial drew the presence of people cutting across all strata of the society.