Owa Of Igbajo Olufemi Fashade Is Dead

Owa of Igbajo, Oba Olufemi Fashade, has joined his ancestors.

News Rain Nigeria reports that the people of Igbajo, a community in Osun state, have been plunged into mourning following the death of Owa of Igbajo, Oba Olufemi Fashade.

According to reports, the octogenarian traditional ruler passed away after failing to recover from an illness on Thursday, December 24.

It will be recalled that the retired soldier, Oba Fashade mounted the stool of his forefathers in 1990.

Owa Of Igbajo Olufemi Fashade Is Dead

Although no formal announcement has been made of his demise, but a close source confirmed the death of the traditional ruler.

He added that according to the tradition, some “necessary rites” have to be performed before the official declaration.

Also, according to the information on the Facebook page of the community “Igbajo Olora”, the late monarch was born on April 17, 1939, in Abeokuta. He had his primary education at Baptist Day school, Ijaye-Abeokuta, and Baptist School, Ebute-metta, Lagos state.

He went to Abeokuta High school and Kiriji Memorial College where he got his O, levels in 1959. Oba Fashade later went to Tottenham College, London where he studied Building Engineering, and Hammersmith College, London where he also had his masters in Structural Engineering.

Fashade was enlisted for the short service commission in the Nigerian Army in June 1969), and was commissioned a full lieutenant in the engineering corps. He retired voluntarily from the Nigerian Army in December 1977 with the rank of Major General.

He was a partner in Tag Design Group and Fadetco Construction Company Limited. He was also a member of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Nigerian Institute of Structural Engineers (NISE) and Council for Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN).