The widow of Dr Lekan Are, deceased statesman and entrepreneur, Chief (Mrs) Bisi Are has said that she will continue to give all glory to God for a splendid life lived by her husband.
She said she is proud of him because he came to this world, did his best and left when the ovation became very loud.
She gave these submissions when PMParrot visited the Oni & Sons, Ring Road home of the Ares.
Also present at the simple but heavily secured home included Oba Eddie Oyewole, Engineer Wole Agbaje, the Chairman of Ibadan Chapter of Government College Ibadan’s Old Boys Association. Several other schoolmates of the deceased were also sighted.
PMParrot gathered that Chief Are had been living with ailment relating to old age and had visited the University College Hospital, Ibadan on and off.
Said our source “He eventually died on Saturday morning, about 12.30am at the High Dependency Unit of UCH.”
The deceased is survived by his wife, Bisi and three children – Ayokunmi (based overseas), Adedamola, who runs Kakanfo Inn and Mrs Igun, with several grandchildren.
Are, the longest-serving director on the board of PUNCH Nigeria Limited, was the Chairman of Kakanfo Inn and Conference Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State and a former Chairman of University Press Plc.
Wale Babalakin, the national president of GCI Old Boys Association also sent in a statement earlier. Read the full text:
“With gratitude to God for a life well spent we announce the exit of our dear Patron and Trustee Lalekan Emmanuel Are (1948, Field House), President GCIOBA 1989-2006.
“Lekan Are is widely known for the passion with which he championed the GCI cause and everything GCIOBA, Lalekan Are was the epitome of a great Old Boy.
“We commiserate with the Are Family, particularly the Young Girl, his Old Boy sons Ayokunmi (1976 Set), Adedamola (1978 Set) and his son-in-law Denny Igun (1971 set) and the entire Are family of Oke-Are Ibadan.
“The entire GCIOBA, Are family and indeed Oyo State have lost a gaint whose passion for the development of education in Oyo State is unequalled
“Dr Lalekan Are passed on at the age of 86 after a brief illness at UCH today 18th January 2020, may his gentle soul rest in peace. Funeral Arrangements will be announced by the family.”
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