THE ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILY
OF JEGEDE, IN AKURE HAS ANNOUNCED THE DEMISE OF ITS PATRIARCH, CHIEF JOHNSON
BOSEDE JEGEDE, ASTUTE BUREAUCRAT, NOTABLE COMMUNITY AND RELIGIOUS LEADER, WHO
PASSED ON TO ETERNAL GLORY TODAY AT THE RIPE AGE OF 88.
LATE CHIEF JEGEDE WHO
WAS BORN AT IGBOTAKO IN OKITIPUPA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ONDO STATE, WAS AN
INCISIVE ADMINISTRATOR AND BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE OLD WESTERN REGION BEFORE
RETIRING AS A PRODUCE OFFICER IN OLD ONDO STATE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND
NATURAL RESOURCES.
HE WAS THE ODOPETU OF
ISIKAN AKURE, AS WELL AS THE TREASURER OF AKURE ANGLICAN DIOCESE UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF RETIRED BISHOP BOLANLE GBONIGI.
CHIEF BOSEDE JEGEDE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS AGED WIFE, CAROLINE, PROMINENT SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO HAVE MADE
LANDMARK CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SOCIETY AND THEY INCLUDE DR.
JIDE AND MRS FOLUSHO ESHO, MRS MOJISOLA ALEX-ADEDIPE, COMRADE AND MRS.
OLUGBENGA JEGEDE, GENERAL MANAGER OF ORANGE FM AND DISTRICT GOVERNOR, LIONS
CLUB INTERNATIONAL, DISTRICT 404A1 NIGERIA, MR. TOKUNBO JEGEDE AND HIS WIFE,
KOFOWOROLA.
OTHERS ARE THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER FOR JUSTICE IN ONDO STATE, BARRISTER EYITAYO
(SAN) AND HIS WIFE, ENO JEGEDE, MR OLAWALE AND BUNMI JEGEDE OF FIDELITY BANK
PLC, ELDER KIMO AND PASTOR MRS BUNMI
EREBOR AND BARRISTERS DEMOLA AND VERA
EKUNDAYO, MANY GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL AS GREAT GRAND CHILDREN.
DETAILS OF BURIAL
PLANS WILL SOON BE ANNOUNCED BY THE FAMILY.
