By BREAKING! OLOWO OF OWO IS DEAD
Reports reaching BlackBox Nigeria has it that the Olowo of Owo, Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi, CFR, is dead.
Oba Folagbade who died in the early hours of today Wednesday April 17th 2019 was born on June 26, 1941
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The monarch who was the eldest son of the late Olowo of Owo in Ondo State ruled the ancient town between 1910–1998.
“We are trying to inform the governor but I am aware he is currently out of the state for an official duty, but it is true Oba Olateru is dead,” he said.
He is the eldest son of the late Olowo of Owo, Sir Titus Olateru Olagbegi II. He received his first degree in law from London, UK and attended Nigeria Law school, in 1968.
He is married to Ololade Olateru-Olagbegi, a Barrister and law lecturer at the Ondo State University, and they are blessed with children and grandchildren.
Folagbade obtained a bachelor’s degree in Law from London, UK. He later returned to Nigeria to practice Law under the late Fatai Williams.
He was a lecturer in the Nigerian Law School, where he retired as a reader in 1999 and now a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
He was appointed as Chancellor of University of Benin (Nigeria) in 2005 and later University of Abuja.
He was the Chancellor of the University of Jos, UNIJOS Plateau state until his death.
