Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has revealed how he wants his burial to be conducted, including arrangements he has made in his paternal grandmother’s compound.
Mr Fayose spoke during an interview with CityEdge Television and in a video played at his 65th birthday celebration on Saturday.
He said his body belongs to the Ekiti State Government at the time of his death.
“Death is an inevitable end. When I die, my body belongs to the Ekiti State Government,” he said.
“I am delivering a letter to the governor on behalf of the governors that will come in say 15, 20 or 30 years, Ekiti State Government should take over my body. And I must be buried within four weeks, because the state might not be ready within two or three days. But I will allow them four weeks.”
He said his children and family should wear their own clothes and follow the government’s instructions to complete the burial.
“I have told them there is a triangle at my grandmother, the mother of my father’s home. I have made a garden there and I should be laid to rest. After that, nobody must come there again. They should allow me to go,” he said.
Fayose added, “If you want to show me love or you want to take care of me, do so now.”
Ayodele Fayose served as governor of Ekiti State twice, from 2003 to 2006 and from 2014 to 2018, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
