Heir to late Chief Obafemi Awolowo family is dead

Chief Oluwole Awolowo, Son of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Publisher of the Nigerian Tribune, is dead. The only surviving son of the late political icon died in a London hospital after a protracted illness. 

Between 2011 and 2012, he was on admission for about a year at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State. Late November, 2012, he was in a British hospital to get treatment for an undisclosed aliment, but just days after he got back home, the sickness persisted and he was again flown out immediately. 

Chief Oluwole Awolowo was born on December 3, 1942 to the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Mama Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo. He attended the prestigious Ibadan Grammar School in Oyo State and the Leighton Park School, Reading, Berdshire, England. He was also an alumni of the famous Leeds College of Commerce where he read Business Studies.

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