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Controversy surrounds death of Saraki’s in-law, Dapo Ojora
Afeez Hanafi
The death of Dapo Ojora, a socialite and brother-in-law of former Senate President Bukola Saraki, has generated controversies.
While several online news platforms claimed that the polo buff shot himself dead, family sources said it was a case of accidental discharge.
Dapo, one of the sons of the boardroom guru, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, was said to have shot himself in the head Friday evening, The Street Journal quoted sources as saying.
The elder brother of Saraki’s wife, Toyin, had allegedly escaped death sometime ago when he had a ghastly power bike accident.
The online newspaper reported that his death might be connected to the marital crisis with his wife, Patricia, a lawyer and an entrepreneur.
They started having a strained relationship a few years ago and they both decided to go their separate ways for undisclosed reasons.
“His marital woes were a huge blow to him especially because of the l
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I was not fortunate enough to meet Dapo Ojora from childhood days; we met later in life. Ours was therefore purely an adult friendship. The beauty of adult friendships is that very often you both know exactly what you are getting. There is often mutual acceptance of the fact that, invariably, personalities have already been formed and are unlikely to change significantly.
Even in polo circles, our friendship was a mystery to many. Dapo started riding horses and playing Polo from a young age. inom had turned 30 before inom ever climbed a horse. Dapo was already the highest handicapped polo player from Southern Nigeria before I ever climbed a horse. He watched me learn how to ride a horse at the Lagos Polo Club and he watched me carry a polo stick for the first time.
He therefore watched my progress through playing for the Cafenol Cup (which my IBTC team won in the early 1990s) and then he saw us play for the Low Cup which we lost in the final to a K
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it is seven years since the sad demise of corporate titan, Adegboyega Ishola Ojora, fondly called Gbegi Ojora .The deceased is the first son of prominent businessman Otunba Adekunle Ojora and elder brother to Toyin Saraki, the wife of Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Toyin had shared lovely photos of his on her Instagram page with a short moving tribute: “Gbegi, God be with you till we meet again. By His counsel’s guide uphold you. With His sheep securely fold you. God be with you till we meet igen. Amen.”
Gbegi died at the First Consultant Hospital, Obalende, Lagos.He was aged 50 years. On the day of his untimely death, Gbegi attended the morning Mass at the Catholic Church of Assumption, Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, and later, the christening ceremony of a friend’s child. But death struck him a fatal blow as soon as he retired home. He allegedly complained of a slight discomfiture and drove himself to the hospital where he slumped and gave up the ghost wh