Veteran broadcaster, Otunba Kunle Olasope, is dead. The
Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State-born eminent journalist, died in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital, on Sunday, October 6th at the age of 82.
Former
Secretary-General, Efon Development League, Prince Adeyemi Adejoju, who
confirmed the death of Olasope, who was until his passage, the chairman, Board
of Trustees of the League, said'
"the late Olohun Iyo of Africa served Ekiti and Nigeria
to the best of his abilities while he lived. He was indeed a great ambassador
on many fronts.
May the Lord console all, his nuclear and extended families
as well as the Ekiti West Diocese of Anglican Communion and Efon Alaaye
community at large,” Adejolu stated.
Olasope was the first male face and voice on television in
Africa when Western Nigeria Television was established in Ibadan by the Western
Regional Government of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
A prominent community
leader, socialite and a devoted member of St Paul’s Anglican Church, Efon
Alaaye, Olasope, who was a recipient of many awards, was also honoured with the
Member of the Order of Niger (MON) by the Federal Government.
He was Chief Press
Secretary to the then Ogun State Governor Olabisi Onabanjo between 1979 and
2003. Olasope was also the Chairman of Ekiti State Broadcasting Service under
former Governor Adeniyi Adebayo.
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