Mr. Benjamin Bamidele Ayobolu, a Christian and respected community leader is dead. He died on Wednesday, May 31, after a brief illness.
Pa Ayobolu was an alumnus of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was at various times Personnel Manager of the Nigerian Sugar Company Ltd (NISUCO), Bacita, Kwara State; General Manager of the Midland Stores in Ilorin; Chairman of the Board of the Kwara Investment Company (KIC), Ilorin and a leading hotelier and business proprietor in Ilorin.
He was of the Ayobolu family of Kabba in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ebun Mary Ayobolu, six children as well as grandchildren. Burial arrangements will be announced by the family shortly.