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The Olubadan Of Ibadanland Is Dead by ikbnice(m): 6:51am On Jan 20, 2016 |
The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana
died last night at the age of 101.
According to a palace source, the late Oba
Odulana, who was the 40th Olubadan, ascended
the throne on August 17, 2007 at the age of 93.
He died less than three months to his 102nd
birthday.
Although details were sketchy about the
circumstances leading to his death, the source
who did not want to be named, said the
Olubadan “lived to a ripe old age and must have
passed on from an age-related illness”.
There was no official confirmation of his death as
at press time.
In line with tradition, the current Balogun of
Ibadanland, Chief Saliu Adetunji is expected to
ascend the thrown, the source volunteered.
Oba Odulana was born April 14, 1914 in Igbo
Elerin, Ibadan in present day Oyo State. He
started his education at Saint Andrew’s School,
Bamigbola, Ibadan in January 1922. He later
enrolled in St. Peter’s School, Aremo, in 1929 and
completed his middle school education at Mapo
Central School in 1936.
He fought in the Second World War II. After the
war, he was responsible for the demobilisation of
returning soldiers in Lagos.
After his stint in the army, he worked with United
Africa Company as a produce clerk before
commencing his teaching career at the Church
Missionary Society Elementary School, Jago, in
1938.
He also taught in several schools from 1939 to
1942 and was with the Colonial Office Education
Department in 1964.
By 1959, he was elected as a member of the
House of Representatives and was subsequently
made the parliamentary secretary to the First
Republic Prime Minister, the late Sir Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa.
In 1964, he led the Nigerian parliamentary
delegation to the London Constitution Conference
to restructure the former British colonies of
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Malawi, Zimbabwe
and Zambia).
He joined the royal chieftaincy line in 1972 as the
Mogaji of Ladunni compound in Ibadan, and in
1976, was conferred with the title, Jagun-
Olubadan. www.thisdaylive.com/articles/olubadan-of-ibadanland-is-dead/230823/ cc lalasticlala
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Re: The Olubadan Of Ibadanland Is Dead by SweetyZinta(f): 7:00am On Jan 20, 2016 |
R.I.P Olubadan 1 Like |
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