Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu was born at Oke Oluokun, Kudeti area of Ibadan, Oyo on September 3, 1915.
Adelabu 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 business man
He was a prominent personality in the politics of Ibadan and subsequently that of the Western region of Nigeria right before the country’s independence in 1960.
He was the first African manager of the United Africa Company (UAC) at age 21
At 39 he became Nigeria’s first federal minister of social services and natural resources
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. Read more
Adegoke Adelabu was a foremost politician in the defunct western region of Nigeria and leader of NCNC
He died in a terrible car crash in Ijebuland, the territory of Obafemi Awolowo in on March 25 ,1958
