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Oyo ex-SSG Micheal Koleosho dies at 86

A former Secretary to the Government of Oyo State (SSG), Chief Michael Koleosho has passed away. Trendscopenews learnt that the businessman cum politician died as result of old-age related illness, one of children confirmed on Monday. He was aged 86. Koleosho, popularly called Babalaje of Sakiland, was an elder statesman and a bridge builder from Oke-ogun geopolitical zone in Oyo state. He served as Secretary to the state Government under late Lam Adesina’s government. Koleosho also served as the National Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy  (AD). Born into the family of Emi-Abata of Saki on April 30, 1938, Koleoso had his primary education at Baptist Primary School, Ajegunle, Saki and later proceeded to the famous Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo, where he was from 1957 to 1961. He was later to attend the School of Hygiene, Eleyele, Ibadan for his Ordinary National Diploma (OND) and in 1965, proceeded to do his Advanced Certificate (RSII), today’s equivalent of an HND, in 1965 and 1