The Ojora family of Lagos has announced the passing of its patriarch, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, the Olori Omo Oba of Lagos, who d!ed in the early hours of Wednesday at the age of 93.
The family disclosed that the late elder statesman will be laid to rest in Lagos in accordance with Islamic rites and appealed to the public to remember him in their prayers.
In a statement signed by Mrs Toyin Ojora-Saraki, the family said Otunba Ojora d!ed “in full submission to the will of Almighty Allah (SWT).”
“We say Alhamdulilahi for a life well lived, and we submit to the words of Allah: ‘Surely, to Allah we belong, and to Him we shall all return’ (Q2:156),” the statement read.
Otunba Ojora is survived by his wife, Erelu Ojuolape Ojora, as well as his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
According to The Advance of African Capital, the late patriarch, who was born in 1932, began his professional career as a journalist with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the early 1950s.
He later joined the United Africa Company (UAC) as an executive in 1962 and rose to become Chairman of the Board of AGIP Nigeria Limited, a position he held from 1971 until the company was acquired by Unipetrol in 2002.
Otunba Ojora also made notable investments in several foreign companies operating in Nigeria during the 1970s, playing a significant role in the growth of the country’s private sector.
The family concluded by urging Nigerians to join them in prayer, asking Allah to grant the deceased mercy, peace in the grave, and a place in Aljannah Firdaus.
