By Osagie Alonge
Femi Otedola and daughter DJ Cuppy. Photo: Instagram
It’s a sad day for Nigerian billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, his daughter DJ Cuppy and the entire Otedola family as their father, grandfather and former Lagos State Governor Sir Michael Otedola has passed away.
Otedola reportedly died in the early hours of May 5, 2014, about 24 hours after the death of legal luminary Justice Charles Oputa was announced.
He died at the age of 87 years.
Otedola ruled as Governor of Lagos State from January 1992 – November 1993.
There has been no official statement from the family so far.
Read a short profile on Michael Otedola below…
Otedola was born on July 16, 1926, into a Muslim family at Odoragunsin, Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State. After moving to Lagos to pursue his education he won a scholarship to study Journalism at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London where he graduated in 1958.
He began his career as a teacher before working as a reporter at the St. Pancras Chronicle, then as a reporter and later sub-editor at The Guardian and The Times in England. Upon his return to Nigeria in 1959 he became an Information Officer in the Western Nigeria government, and while in this post he was appointed the Editor of the Western Nigeria Illustrated. In 1961 he moved into public relations, working for Western Nigeria Television/Western Broadcasting Service (1961-1964) and Mobil Oil Group of Companies (1964-1977), continuing as a consultant for Mobil after leaving the company.
He was elected governor of Lagos State from 1992 to 1993 on the platform of the National Republican Convention (NRC), leaving office when General Sani Abacha came to power. His administration facilitated establishing the Yaba College of Technology campus in Epe, his home town.
After leaving office, he continued his career as a writer, a consultant holding positions on the boards of various businesses, and a philanthropist. In February 2010, ThisDay newspaper announced that he was among 15 eminent Nigerians who had won Lifetime Achievement Awards.
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