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Former Oyo State governor and renowned Mathematician, Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo is dead.
Dr. Olunloyo died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 89.
The late governor who was born on April 14th, 1935 would have turned 90 in few days.
Olunloyo served Oyo State between October 1, 1983 and December 31 of the same year.
The passing of the late politician was contained in a statement on Sunday by a former Editor of the Nigerian Tribune, Barrister Oladapo Ogunwusi.
“With a heavy heart but gratitude to the Almighty, we announce the passing into glory of Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo, former governor of Oyo State, mathematician and engineer and renowned technocrat, a few days before his 90th birthday,” Ogunwusi announced.
Olunloyo who held the titles of Balogun of Oyo and Otun Bobasewa of Ife, was the first Rector of Polytechnic of Ibadan and also the pioneer Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, among other notable appointments.
“His long record of service to the nation and humanity is a source of pride to his family and associates even as we come to grip with this devastating event.
“The Olunloyo family will appreciate the understanding of the press and the public as they commence efforts to give him a befitting burial.
“Even from everlasting to everlasting, He is God,” Ogunwusi said.
Recalls that the former governor was at different times rumoured dead in June 2022 and the latest in April 2024.
The state government has not officially responded to the passage of the elder statesman
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