AKOL Mourns Late Oba Elijah Idowu Ekundayo

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in the last general elections, Dr. Olasiji Olamiju - AKOL on Saturday expresses his heartfelt condolences to the Ekundayo family on the death of His Royal Majesty Oba Elijah Idowu Ekundayo, the first Oloja of Kajola, Esa Oke and father of the immediate past Vice Chairman, Obokun local government area of Osun yesterday.

The Pharmaceutical doctor in a condolence message to the royal family wishes the family members and relatives of the departed the mental strength to bear the irreparable loss with stoic equanimity.

"Having paid my respects to the departed, it is time to outline a rational perspective on death bereft of the fairytales contained particularly in religious scriptures. My understanding of our mortality can be slotted within the theoretical framework of humanistic philosophy, which entails a naturalistic theoretical understanding of the phenomenon of death and an emotional response towards it. Humanistic philosophers interpret death differently, but most of them tend to regard the biological approach as inescapable, legitimate and illuminating. John Hick, in his well-researched book, Death and Eternal Life, provides a convenient window into humanistic approaches and understanding of death. From the biological point of view, death is a necessary component of evolution.