LEKAN ALABI DIES AT 76; READ WHAT HE SAID WHEN HE BECAME 70.
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A prominent Ibadan high chief, LEKAN ALABI is dead. This statement was made known to the public by the Chief Press Secretary to Olubadan, Oloko. In his statement, he said the high chief died in the early hours of Saturday, August 1 in Lagos. The high chief will be buried according to the Islamic rite tomorrow, 2nd August. The high chief was a media aide to four past governors of Oyo state, a feat rarely achieved by anyone in the past. As part of our honour to this illustrious Oyo Native, we are presenting a verbatim of an interview he granted to Rotimi Agboluaje of the Guardian news paper, on October, 2020. The Trajectory of Septugenarian Lekan Alabi By: Rotimi Agboluaje, Ibadan Oloye ‘Lekan Alabi was born on October 27, 1950 in Ibadan, the capital of the old Western Region (now, Oyo State) to the late Pa AbdulRaheem Oladosu Alabi and Mrs. Mopelola. Pa AbdulRaheem Alabi (alias Right Time) was from the Oyetunji Olundegun family from Isale Ijebu and Ekerin Ajengbe family in Ibadan. ...