The remains of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland Abdulrahman Ado-Ibrahim have arrived in Okene, Kogi State for burial.
The monarch died on Sunday morning in a hospital in Abuja.
Secretary of Ebiraland Traditional Council, Yunusa Sule, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that the traditional ruler would be given a befitting burial.
The scribe said his death was “very sad and a big blow” to Ebiraland.
“We lost our daddy and leader this early morning of Sunday in an Abuja Hospital where he had been treated for age related ailment for three weeks now.
“We are in shock and pain over his death. He was indeed a good father and leader to not just Ebiraland but Kogi and Nigeria as a whole.
“His death has left a vacuum in the entire Ebiraland,” Sule said.
Ado-Ibrahim was born on February 7, 1929 and was the fourth traditional ruler and Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. He was enthroned in 1997.
Before ascending to the throne, Ado-Ibrahim was a successful businesman who lived in Lagos.
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In 1952, he enrolled as an external candidate for a degree at the London School of Economics, by utilising the extramural study facilities organised by the British Council in Jos.
He combined his mining and prospecting duties successfully with the undergraduate study programme and earned a bachelor of science degree in statistics from the London School of Economics in 1954.
In 1955, he won a Ford Foundation Sponsorship to undertake a six-month course in Marketing and Business Strategy at the Business School of Harvard University.
On the strength of his performance, he was readmitted into the Master’s Programme of the school as a full-time student. He thus earned the celebrated Harvard MBA in 1959.
He married Abimbola Solomon on November 1, 1959.
