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A Prominent Ilorin-based Businessman, Politician Dies @ 101

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A prominent Ilorin businessman, politician and community leader, Alhaji Habeeb Baba Elepo is dead.


Aged 101 years , Alhaji Elepo , until his death was a prominent stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) in Kwara State.

The deceased was also a leading ‘Otoge’ campaigner and supporter of Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq

Elepo was a major player in the politics of the Second Republic and a famous federal government contractor who received the federal government commendation for the thorough execution of contracts in various parts of the country.

A devout Muslim and famous philanthrophist, Elepo is survived by two wives, many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

They include Engineer Dare Elepo , a specialist in off shore oil exploration and Deputy Director at the NNPC , Hajia Hajara Nike Ibrahim , Principal , Amule Government Day Junior Secondary School, Okelele and Hajia Bilikis Saad Salahudeen, a business tycoon and wife of the Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on strategy , Alhaji Saadudeen Salahudeen .

Others include Haji Sulayman Elepo and Mubarak Elepo, a senior staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The deceased will be laid to rest at his family house, Eleran compound, Kankatu , Okelele, Ilorin at 10am according to Islamic rites .

   

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