Veteran journalist and public relations practitioner Oloye Lekan Alabi has died at age 76, multiple Nigerian outlets report. Alabi is described as having served as Chief Press Secretary and press aide to several former governors of Oyo State, as well as a long-time figure in journalism and public relations. One report says his death is announced in Ibadan in a statement issued by Adeola Oloko, identified as a media aide to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja. The statement attributes the announcement to those close to the Olubadan and confirms Alabi’s age at death. Across the coverage, Alabi’s roles in government communications in Oyo State and his earlier career in journalism are highlighted, with the accounts broadly agreeing on who he was and that he dies at 76. No outlet provides further detail on the cause of death in the excerpts provided.
Veteran journalist Lekan Alabi, former Oyo press secretary, dies at 76
Veteran journalist and public relations practitioner Oloye Lekan Alabi has died at age 76, multiple Nigerian outlets report. Alabi is described as having served as Chief Press Secretary and press aide...
- Oloye Lekan Alabi, a veteran journalist and public relations practitioner, dies at 76.
- He is described as having served as press secretary/Chief Press Secretary to multiple former governors of Oyo State.
- His death is announced in a statement in Ibadan by Adeola Oloko, a media aide to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja.
- The reports focus on his journalism career and his communications roles in Oyo State politics.
Former press secretary to multiple ex Oyo State governors and Veteran journalist, Oloye Lekan Alabi, is dead at age 76. His death was announced in a statement issued by Adeola Oloko, media aide to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, in Ibadan on Saturday. The statement read, “The veteran journalist and multiple press secretary […] Former press secretary to multiple Oyo Govs, Lekan Alabi dies at 76
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