A former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Michael Koleoso, is dead.
He was aged 86.
Koleoso, who was the SSG during the late Governor Lamidi Adesina’s administration between 1999 and 2023, was said to have died in the early hours of Monday, September 2, 2024.
He was the National Chairman of the defunct Alliance for Democracy.
Meanwhile, the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has described Koleosho’s death as “The end of a glorious era.”
This was contained in a statement obtained by our correspondent in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday.
The statement read, “I received the news of the death of Baba Michael Koleoso, the Babalaje of Saki with shock and sadness. Oyo State and Nigeria have lost a great patriot and selfless leader, one of the last men standing in the batch of leaders who gave their all to make Nigeria a better place.
“People who know me…