Agagu slumps, dies at 65
A former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Agagu,
is dead. He was aged 65.
Agagu, who returned from the US on Thursday,
reportedly slumped in Ikoyi, where he was having a
meeting with Ondo indigenes, on Friday evening.
Agagu’s former Chief Press Secretary, Yemi Olowolabi,
said the former governor was not sick and had just
returned from a 20-day trip abroad.
Olowolabi, who worked with him for more than four
years, described his former boss as “a great man, a
first-class intellectual and an astute administrator.”
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, described
the death of his predecessor as shocking, adding that
Ondo has lost a colossus, whose vacuum would be
difficult to fill.
Mimiko said, “He would be remembered as a
consummate politician and lecturer, who imparted
knowledge to many people across the world.”
Former Governor of Ogun State, Segun Osoba, told
Saturday PUNCH on telephone that Agagu was very
respectful.
He said, “I got to know him when he was deputy to
former governor of old Ondo State, Bamidele
Olomilua. He carried himself with dignity. He was loyal
to Olomilua during the days of the Social Democratic
Party. Agagu should rest in peace.”
In his reaction, former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo
Alao-Akala, described Agagu’s death as shocking.
He said, “It is sad. He came back from abroad
yesterday with his wife. They were having a meeting
with Ondo State people. Alex Akinyele was there. He
slumped. It is shocking, devastating. We will all miss
him. I can’t believe he will just die.”
Agagu’s schoolmate at the University of Ibadan,
Senator Olu Alabi, who is a former Governing Board
Chairman, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said,
“We were together in UI. We co-funded United
Nigerian Congress Party and the Peoples Democratic
Party. I don’t know what to tell his wife, Funke.”
Member, PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer
Babatope, said: “This is tragic news. I’m shattered. He
never held grudges.”
Director of Publicity, Ondo PDP, Mr Ayodele Fadaka,
who broke down in tears over the phone, described
the death of the late geologist as great loss to Ondo
and Nigeria.
It was gathered that he ate lunch at home in Ikoyi
before heading for a meeting on Lagos mainland,
where he slumped.
Subsequently, he was rushed to a private hospital in
Yaba but he was transferred to Military Hospital, Ikoyi,
where he was pronounced dead.His corpse was still at
the military hospital as at the time of filing this report.
http://www.punchng.com/news/agagu-slumps-dies-
at-65/
May his soul rest in peace.
A former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Agagu,
is dead. He was aged 65.
Agagu, who returned from the US on Thursday,
reportedly slumped in Ikoyi, where he was having a
meeting with Ondo indigenes, on Friday evening.
Agagu’s former Chief Press Secretary, Yemi Olowolabi,
said the former governor was not sick and had just
returned from a 20-day trip abroad.
Olowolabi, who worked with him for more than four
years, described his former boss as “a great man, a
first-class intellectual and an astute administrator.”
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, described
the death of his predecessor as shocking, adding that
Ondo has lost a colossus, whose vacuum would be
difficult to fill.
Mimiko said, “He would be remembered as a
consummate politician and lecturer, who imparted
knowledge to many people across the world.”
Former Governor of Ogun State, Segun Osoba, told
Saturday PUNCH on telephone that Agagu was very
respectful.
He said, “I got to know him when he was deputy to
former governor of old Ondo State, Bamidele
Olomilua. He carried himself with dignity. He was loyal
to Olomilua during the days of the Social Democratic
Party. Agagu should rest in peace.”
In his reaction, former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo
Alao-Akala, described Agagu’s death as shocking.
He said, “It is sad. He came back from abroad
yesterday with his wife. They were having a meeting
with Ondo State people. Alex Akinyele was there. He
slumped. It is shocking, devastating. We will all miss
him. I can’t believe he will just die.”
Agagu’s schoolmate at the University of Ibadan,
Senator Olu Alabi, who is a former Governing Board
Chairman, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said,
“We were together in UI. We co-funded United
Nigerian Congress Party and the Peoples Democratic
Party. I don’t know what to tell his wife, Funke.”
Member, PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer
Babatope, said: “This is tragic news. I’m shattered. He
never held grudges.”
Director of Publicity, Ondo PDP, Mr Ayodele Fadaka,
who broke down in tears over the phone, described
the death of the late geologist as great loss to Ondo
and Nigeria.
It was gathered that he ate lunch at home in Ikoyi
before heading for a meeting on Lagos mainland,
where he slumped.
Subsequently, he was rushed to a private hospital in
Yaba but he was transferred to Military Hospital, Ikoyi,
where he was pronounced dead.His corpse was still at
the military hospital as at the time of filing this report.
http://www.punchng.com/news/agagu-slumps-dies-
at-65/
May his soul rest in peace.
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