A veteran journalist and former press secretary to former Oyo State governors, Chief Lekan Alabi, has passed away.
Saturday Telegraph reports that Alabi, the Abese Olubadan of Ibadanland, died on Saturday morning, August 1, in Lagos at the age of 76.
Chief Alabi’s death was announced through a statement issued by Adeola Oloko, the media aide to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, in Ibadan, Oyo State.
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The statement stated, “The veteran journalist and multiple press secretaries to former Oyo State governors, Lekan Alabi, is dead.
“The Abese Olubadan died this morning in Lagos at 76.
“He will be buried tomorrow (Sunday) following Islamic rites.”
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