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Awolowo’s eldest child, Rev. Tola Oyediran, dies at 79

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By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor

Eldest daughter of late Western Region Premier, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Reverend Tola Oyediran, is dead.

She passed on around noon on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 79 years. She was billed to celebrate her 80th birthday on December 1.

Reverend Oyediran was married to Professor A. B. Oyediran, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.

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Her death leaves Dr Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu as the only surviving child of the Awolowo dynasty.

Until her death, she was the Chairman, Board of Directors of African Newspapers of Nigeria ( ANN) publishers of Tribune titles.

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