Ebiraland prominent ruler Ado Ibrahim dies

Alhaji Dr. Ado Ibrahim, the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, has passed away.

After a brief illness, 95-year-old Ibrahim passed away early on Sunday. Ado Ibrahim was crowned King in 1997 by the late Abubakar Audu, the former governor of Kogi state.

From 1957 to 1997, Alhaji Sanni Omolorim ruled as king, and he succeeded him.

Born on February 7, 1929, Ado Ibrahim went to Quranic School and Western Nursery School. He completed his primary school education at the Native Authority (NA) Primary School in Okene, Northern Region (now Kogi State) in 1940. He gained admission to Ondo Boys High School and, later, moved to Oduduwa College, graduating in 1949.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and a master’s degree from the Harvard Business School in 1959.