File: veteran journalist and former press secretary to past Oyo State governors, Chief Lekan Alabi

A veteran journalist and former press secretary to past Oyo State governors, Chief Lekan Alabi, is dead.

Alabi, the Abese Olubadan of Ibadanland, died on Saturday morning in Lagos at the age of 76.

His death was announced in a statement issued by Adeola Oloko, the media aide to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The statement read, “The veteran journalist and multiple press secretary to former Oyo State governors, Lekan Alabi, is dead. Related News I have no apology for stopping Obasanjo’s third-term bid, says Atiku Alaafin dismisses UI don’s claims of arriving three hours late to Oyo event Why I walked out of Okocha rematch ring — Portable