Nigeria: Fashola to Grace Ositelu's Service of Songs

30 January 2013

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State will lead members of the State Executive Council to the service of songs which will be held for the late veteran sports journalist, administrator and politician, Deacon Elijah Ayodele Ositelu today at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

he late Ositelu died at a Lagos hospital on 7 January at the age of 69. Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Sports Endowment Fund, LSSEF, Babatunde Bank-Anthony, says Governor Fashola will spare time to grace the service of songs that will also see Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Lagos state chapter, Archbishop George Amu leading other religious leaders from the catholic, Anglican, Methodist and the Church of the Lord, Aladura to the event.

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