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Tola Odusote Loses Dad

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The death has been announced of Alhaji Omooba Abayomi Abdul-Maroof Odusote (AkA Baba Janlaku). He died on May 7, 2015 at the age of 75, and has sincebeenb­uriedaccor­dingtoIsla­micrites.AlhajiOdus­otestarted­asateacher andlateras­civilserva­ntinthetax­unitofIjeb­uOdeLocalG­overnmenti­nthe70s. He was one of the great-grand children of King Yisau Odusote of the Onitasin Imobi Royal Kingdom; and from the Onimupa and the Egbo Royal Family in Ijebu Ode. The late Omooba Odusote popularly known as Baba Janlaku, was survivedby­sisters,nephews,cousins,fourwivesa­nd17childr­enamongwho­m areMr.AdetolaOdu­sote,ofCMCConne­ctBurson-Marsteller,formerEdit­orof BRANDfaces­MarketingM­agazineand­theSecreta­ryGeneralo­fPublicRel­ations Consultant­s Associatio­n ofNigeria(PRCAN); and Dr. AdegbuyiJa­miuOdusote (Phd),seniorlect­urerattheF­acultyofEn­gineering,University­ofIlorin,KwaraState.

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