Federal Minister of Natural Resources and Social Services
In office January 1955 - January 1956
Personal details
Born
3 September 1915 Ibadan
Died
25 March 1958(1958-03-25) (aged 42)
Political party
NCNC
Gbadamosi Adegoke AdelabuListenⓘ (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.[1]
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chairman was Chief Augustus Akinloye, and the other founders were; Chief AdegokeAdelabu, Chief Kola Balogun, Chief T. O. S. Benson, Chief Adeniran Ogunsanya...
was driving on Egnatia Odos when he collided with another vehicle. AdegokeAdelabu 1915 1958 42 years Nigerian politician car Lagos–Ibadan Expressway...
the pre-independence period, Salami joined the Mabolaje Alliance of AdegokeAdelabu. In 1954, he won election as a councilor to the Ibadan District Council...
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of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) that was led in the Region by AdegokeAdelabu. Though the election results favoured the NCNC, post-elections defections...
Olubadan in Ibadan to air her political views, but she was shut down by AdegokeAdelabu who called her a harlot and threatened to hit her with broomsticks...
home of the actor and dramatist Duro Ladipo and the Muslim scholar Sheikh Adelabu. Osogbo is the venue of the annual Osun-Osogbo festival along the River...
Okesa; In Front Of Elemudu's Comp. / Elemudu's Comp.; In Front Of Adegoke's House / Adegoke, Ojumose; Opp. Okoli Supermarket / Araromi St. Olofin; Behind...
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