Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu, the
immediate past governor of Ondo State
is dead. Agagu reportedly slumped and died in
his House in Ibadan, Oyo State,
yesterday afternoon after returning
from a trip to United States. Another
source said he died in his Ikoyi residence,
in Lagos. Agagu, a senior member of the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP, was to meet with
President Goodluck Jonathan next week
along with some elders of the party from
the South West on the lingering crisis in
the Party. Confirming his death, Ondo State
Chairman of the PDP, Ebenezer Alabi,
said “We spoke extensively by 10 a.m.
today, we even shared jokes.” Born February 16, 1948 at Iju Odo in
Okipipupa local government area of
Ondo state, Agagu commenced his
elementary education at St. Luke’s
Anglican School, now known as St. Paul’s
Anglican School Okitipupa, in 1954. In January 1958, he moved to live with his
cousin, Edward Fagbohun in Ibadan, Oyo
state where he continued his primary
education at Ebenezer African Church
School, Oke-Ado, Ibadan. He continued his primary education in
Kano in 1959 at Ebenezer Methodist
School and Baptist Primary School
Sabon-Gari, Kano State but went back to
Ebenezer African Church School, Ibadan
where he completed his primary education in 1960. He was in Ibadan
Grammar School between January 1961
and 1967 where he passed his West
African School Certificate and the Higher
School Certificate examinations. He was admitted into the University of
Ibadan in 1968 to study Botany but later
changed to Geology in which he
graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in
Second Class Upper Division, in 1971. Agagu went to the University of Texas
between 1973 and 1974 for his Masters
degree in Geology, and obtained a Ph.D
degree in Petroleum Geology from the
University of Ibadan in 1978. Agagu was appointed by President
Olusegun Obasanjo as Minister of
Aviation in 1999. He was elected Governor of Ondo State
from 29 May, 2003 until February 2009. Agagu was aged 65.
