DAUD OLATUNJI,ABEOKUTA
The Secretary-General Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs,Dr Abdul Lateef Adegbite has passed on at the age of 79.
Dr Adegbite who was the Baba Adinni of and Seriki of Egbaland died on Friday night in his Lagos house. Two weeks after he arrived from London. Where he went for medical treatment.
(http://vml1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/adegbite.jpg?9d7bd4) (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/adegbite-shone-like-a-star-amosun/adegbite/)Late Secretary-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdul Lateef Adegbite Adegbite 's death occured few hours after two prominent Egba Chief Oluwole Adeosun and Segun Taiwo were buried.
Saturday vanguard learnt that, Adegbite who was planning for his 80 birthday next year march had been in and out of hospitals both in Nigeria and overseas before he eventually gave up the ghost.
Meanwhile, Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has announced the death of Dr. Abdul Lateef Oladimeji Adegbite, the Seriki Musulumi and Baba Adini of Egbaland as well as the Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).
In a staetement signed by his Senior Special Assistant media, Mrs Funmi Wakama, Governor Amosun described the late Seriki of Egbaland as one of the icons the state has produced for Nigeria.??
Dr. Adegbite shone like a star in the field of law and was well known across the world as the mouthpiece of Islam in Nigeria, the governor said.
He noted that the late Seriki was a man who usually offered wise counsel to governments at federal and state levels.
The governor added that the demise of Dr Adegbite is not just a loss to Ogun State but to Nigeria as a whole.
While praying that almighty Allah grants his soul Aljanah Fidaus, the governor commiserated with the Adegbite family, people of Egbaland, the Muslim community and Nigerians in general.
Commenting on the demise of Adegbite, his deputy, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said Nigeria had lost one of the illustrious sons of Africa.
"Baba was an academician, a lawyer, a religious leader, a political figure, the whole religious community would surely miss him,'' he said.
Oloyede, who is also the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), said: "it is painful that we lost him. The religious community in Nigeria would surely miss him.''
The late Adegbite, who hailed from Abeokuta in Ogun, was Attorney-General of Western Nigeria.
He belonged to several national, international, professional and business organisations.
He was the principal partner of Lateef Adegbite and Company, a leading law firm, which specialises in commercial law practice.
The late Adegbite was a member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial ad General Company Limited and a director of Jaiz International Plc.
He was the Seriki Musulumi and Baba Adinni of Egbaland and the founder of many Islamic societies and associations.
He was one of the founders of Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN) in 1954 and was the first president of the association.
He is survived by a wife, children and great grand children.
The late Islamic leader would be buried in his Onikolobo residence in Abeokuta at 2 p.m on Saturday.
Vanguard Nigeria
May his gentle soul Rest in perfect peace.
He was a great star indeed