Nigeria’s former Minister of Communications, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (Rtd), has reacted to the demise of a prince of the Royal Family of Lagos, Otunba Adekunle Ojora.
In a personally signed statement issued on Wednesday night and titled “The Passage of Otunba Adekunle Ojora,” the former General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3 Division, Nigerian Army, described the late prince as a “veteran journalist and boardroom titan.”
He said:
“The State and, in particular, the Lagos Islanders have lost a very important elder of Lagos State, a prince of the Royal House of Lagos, the elder statesman, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, the Lisa of Ile-Ife. He was a veteran journalist and boardroom titan who made positive contributions to the industrial and entrepreneurial sectors of our economy. He lightened up the social fabric of his time in Lagos in particular and across our nation.
“He was a man of significant cultural articulation who took pride in his Lagosian origin, as demonstrated in his immense contributions to our arts, our history, and the emblems of our sacred identity.
“He was impeccable in mien and integrity, standing tall in princely verities—bold, fearless, distant from putrid time-servers hustling for soiled lucre as they mortgage their ancestry.
“Here goes a Lagosian of uncommon purity of soul and instinctive candour, the like of whom remains a rarity on this very isle.
“Otunba Ojora will be sorely missed wherever honour, truth, sincerity, and principled audacity are valued as the defining bond of our common humanity.
“May Allah rest and accept his soul into Al-Jannatul Firdaus, Amin.”
General Olanrewaju, who is also a prince of Lagos State, expressed deep personal grief over the loss.
