A paramount king in Kogi State, the Ohinoyi of Ebira land, Abdulrahman Ado-Ibrahim, died at the age of 95, in the early hours of Sunday after a brief illness. The prominent monarch who was buried according to Islamic rites was crowned in 1997 as the Ohinoyi of Ebira land, by the then-Governor of Kogi State, late Prince Abubakar Audu.
He took over from his predecessor, late Alhaji Sanni Omolorin, who sat on the throne from 1957 to 1997.
Ado-Ibrahim was born on February 7, 1929 and was the fourth traditional leader of Ebiraland.
He was a son of the second Atta (now “Ohinoyi”) of Ebiraland, who reigned from 1917 to 1954, prior to late Alhaji Omolorin’s reign.
Ado-Ibrahim attended both western nursery and Quranic schools and concluded his primary education in 1940 at the Native Authority (NA) primary school in Okene, Northern Region (now Kogi State).
He commenced his secondary school educations at Ondo Boys High School but later moved to Oduduwa College, where he graduated in 1949.
He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics in 1954 and a Master’s degree from Harvard Business School in 1959.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu condoled with the people of Kogi state and added that “The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland was in a class of his own. He was highly respected and admired for his deep insights, wisdom and sophistication. He had a masterful way of handling issues. He was very knowledgeable and wise.”
