Adegoke Adelabu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Adegoke Adelabu

politician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1915

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1958

Profession: writer, politician, merchant, journalist

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu (3 September 1915 – 25 March 1958) was a prominent personality in the politics of Ibadan city and subsequently that of the Western Region of Nigeria right before the country's independence in 1960.
He was Nigeria's Minister of Natural Resources and Social Services from January 1955 to January 1956 and was later the opposition leader in the Western Regional Assembly until his death in 1958.
He was a self-made man born into a humble family but became an influential figure in Nigerian politics.
He attended Government College, Ibadan and eventually became a businessman.
His successful political career was cut short when he was killed in a car crash, not long before Nigeria gained independence from Britain. Adelabu was a self-described egotist who believed in the merits of radical nationalism, national unity and radical socialist ideology.