Among prominent Nigerians, who paid tribute to the dead were President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, and President-elect Biola Tinubu.
Others included the vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Senate President Ahmad Lawan; the chief mourner and governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun; Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and former Ogun State governor, Aremo Olusegun Osoba.
Ajibola, who died in the early hours of yesterday following old age-related ailments, according to his family, was buried after Janazah prayer led by Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheik Sa’dallah Bamgbola. His remains were interred within the sprawling Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) premises, a centre he established decades ago on Abiola Way, in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Osinbajo, Obasanjo, Osoba, Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, and Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, were among those, who attended the burial in Abeokuta.
