By: Peace Udugba-The daily torch media.
The Ojora family of Lagos has announced the passing of their patriarch, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, the Olori Omo Oba of Lagos, who died in the early hours of Wednesday at the age of 93.
In a statement released by the family, Otunba Ojora was said to have passed away “in full submission to the will of Almighty Allah (SWT).” The family disclosed that he will be laid to rest in Lagos in accordance with Islamic rites.
The statement, signed by Mrs. Toyin Ojora-Saraki, called on members of the public to remember the late patriarch in their prayers.
“We say Alhamdulilahi for a life well lived, and we submit to Allah’s decree: ‘Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return’ (Q2:156),” the statement read.
Otunba Ojora is survived by his wife, Erelu Ojuolape Ojora, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Born in 1932, Otunba Adekunle Ojora had a distinguished professional career spanning journalism, corporate leadership and entrepreneurship. According to The Advance of African Capital, he began his working life as a journalist with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the early 1950s.
He later joined the United Africa Company (UAC) in 1962 as an executive and went on to serve as Chairman of the Board of AGIP Nigeria Limited from 1971 until the company’s acquisition by Unipetrol in 2002. During the 1970s, he also invested in several foreign companies operating in Nigeria, playing a notable role in the expansion of the country’s private sector.
The family concluded by urging the public to pray for the repose of his soul, asking Allah to grant him mercy in the grave and admit him into Aljannah Firdaus.
