Former Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has expressed sadness over the death of a foremost agronomist, businessman, philanthropist and chairman of University Press, Dr Lekan Are.
Are, 86, passed on in the early hours of Saturday at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, after a brief illness.
In a condolence message issued by late Are’s spokesman, Mr Tunji Bolaji, and made available to newsmen Sunday, in Ibadan, Ajimobi said that Are’s death came at a time his wise counsel was still required by the people of Oyo state in particular and Nigerians in general.
“We however take consolation in the fact that he lived a life of service to the people. He has also left indelible prints in the sands of time,” Ajimobi said.
The former governor said that Are would be missed by all and sundry, especially those whose lives he had touched through his philanthropic gestures.
He said, “His legacies of good work will continue to live after him. My love for late Dr Are, is not because he was my uncle.”Ajimobi urged the family to take consolation in the fact that the late Laguna, Bobajiro of Ibadanland and General Manager, Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority; lived an exemplary life. (NAN)
