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Posted By OgaDeyVex On October 30th, 2023

The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, is dead.

The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, HRM Abdul Rahman Ado Ibrahim (CON) has passed on. 

The 94-year-old monarch died at a hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Sunday, October 29, while undergoing treatment for an age-related ailment.

Palace sources in Lokoja told Channels Television that he died in an Abuja hospital where he had been receiving treatment for age-related ailment and will be buried in line with Islamic rites.

Ado Ibrahim was coronated in 1997 as the Ohinoyi of Ebira land by the then-Governor of Kogi State, the late Prince Abubakar Audu. He took over from his predecessor, Sanni Omolorim who reigned between 1957 and 1997.

The late Ado Ibrahim was born on February 7, 1929 and attended both Western Nursery and Quranic schools. He proceeded to conclude his primary education in 1940 at the Native Authority (NA) primary school in Okene, Northern Region (now Kogi State).

Commencing his secondary school education at Ondo Boys High School, he later moved to Oduduwa College, where he graduated in 1949.

He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics in 1954 and a master’s degree from Harvard Business School in 1959.

The Monarch who will be buried today in line with Islamic rites, was a successful businessman before ascending the throne. He ascended the throne of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland following the death of Ohinoyi Sanni Omolori of the Oziada clan in 1997.

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