A former secretary to the state government of Oyo, Adeniyi Michael Koleoso, is dead.
Koleoso, who was 86, breathed his last on Monday.
Chief Koleoso has been described as a patriotic elder statesman, who has made immeasurable contributions to the development of Oyo State.
He was elected unopposed as a Councilor in the Ifedapo Local Government Area of the Old Oyo state in 1976.
In 1979, he was elected a member of the State House of Assembly representing Ifedapo Constituency on the platform of the Chief Obafemi Awolowo-led Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). The late erstwhile governor of Oyo State, Chief Bola Ige, later appointed him a Commissioner in the State Executive Council.
A chieftain of the Yoruba political and social group, Afenifere and member of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Chief Koleoso’s supreme efforts in contributing positively to the socio-economic and political development of Sakiland, Oke-Ogun, Oyo State and Yoruba land have not gone unnoticed as he was conferred with the chieftaincy titles of Babalaje of Saki, Are of Ogbooro, Akogun of Ijeruland, Amulutoro of Ojeland and Otun Bobagunwa of Gbongan in the State of Osun.