Former Ondo State Gov Agagu is dead [Aged 65]

THE immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu is dead.

Dr. Agagu died yesterday afternoon,less than 24 hours after returning from a trip to United States. He was aged 65.

He reportedly slumped and died in his House in Ibadan, Oyo State while another source said that he died in his Ikoyi residence, in Lagos.

The late Dr Agagu was to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan next week along with some elders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the South West on the lingering crisis in the Party.

The state Chairman of the PDP, Ebenezer Alabi yesterday confirmed the  death of Dr  Agagu.

Alabi said “We spoke extensively by 10am today, we even shared jokes.”

Dr Agagu was born 16 February, 1948 at Iju Odo in Okipipupa local government area of the state.

He was elected Governor of Ondo State from 29 May, 2003 until February 2009.

He commenced his elementary education at St. Luke’s Anglican School, now known as St. Paul’s Anglican School Okitipupa, in 1954. In January 1958, he moved to live with his cousin, Edward Fagbohun in Ibadan, Oyo state where he continued his primary education at Ebenezer African Church School, Oke-Ado, Ibadan.

He continued his primary education in Kano in 1959 at Ebenezer Methodist School and Baptist Primary School Sabon-Gari, Kano State but came back
to Ebenezer African Church School, Ibadan where he completed his primary education in 1960. Thereafter, he was in Ibadan Grammar School between January 1961 and 1967 where he passed his West African School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate examinations.

He was admitted into the University of Ibadan in 1968 to study Botany but later changed to Geology in which he graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Second Class Upper Division, in 1971.

Agagu went to the University of Texas between 1973 and 1974 for his Masters degree in Geology. Returning to Nigeria, he obtained a Ph.D degree in Petroleum Geology from the University of Ibadan in 1978.

Agagu was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo as Minister of Aviation in 1999.