Olubadan Olalekan Balogun Biography, Age, Cause of Death, Education and Career has been provided below.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II is dead.
The First Class King who died on Thursday Night was aged 81.
This Nigeria news platform understands that Oba Balogun spent two years on the throne of his forefathers, having been presented the Staff of Office by Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, on March 11, 2022.
Olubadan Olalekan Balogun Biography
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that His Royal Majesty Moshood Olalekan Balogun was born on 18 October 1942 and died March 14 2024 in Ali-Iwo compound, present-day Ibadan North East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria.
Olalekan Balogun Education
His Majesty travelled to the U.K., where he studied for his O and A levels certificates while doing a part-time job to sustain himself. Upon completion of his O and A levels program, Lekan Balogun proceeded to the Brunel University. He left the university in 1973 with a master’s degree in Administration and Economics. He then had a brief stint with the Lambeth Local Government Social Services Department, where he worked for one-and-a-half years after which his academic inclination took the better of him and he enrolled for his PhD.
Olalekan Balogun Career
His Royal Majesty represented Oyo Central senatorial district between 1999 and 2003. As a senator, he was chairman of the Senate Committee on National Planning and was a member of many Senate Committees such as Appropriations, Security and Intelligence, Police Affairs and Defence (Army).
Balogun had earlier worked as a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, an editor of the monthly magazine The Nigerian Pathfinder, and as a director with Triumph Newspaper, Kano, as well as a management consultant for multinational Organisations such as Leyland, Exiat Battery, and Nigerian Breweries.
He worked with Shell British Petroleum Company where he rose to the position of the Administrator/Head, Industrial Relations, Recruitment and Scholarships, Planning and Development units.
He has written and published widely. Many of his publications include:
- A Review of Nigeria’s 4 years’ Development Plan, 1970–1974;
- Social Justice or Doom;
- Power for Sale;
- Arrogance of Power.
His Majesty was crowned the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on 11 March 2022.
TRADITIONAL CHIEFTAINCY
Olalekan Balogun Dead
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II is dead.
The First Class King who died on Thursday Night was aged 81.
Confirming his death in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju on Thursday, Makinde conveyed the news of the king’s transition, noting that his significant contributions to Ibadanland during his brief reign of just over two years.
He described the late monarch as a towering figure akin to an Iroko tree while extending his condolences to the Olubadan-in-Council, the Oyo State Traditional Council, and the people of Ibadanland and Oyo State.
“The passing of Oba Dr. Balogun marks the end of an era for Ibadanland, leaving behind a profound void in its rich history and heritage.”
Olalekan Balogun Cause of Death
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Olubadan cause of death is unknown as of the time of filing this report.
