Olusegun Agagu, Former Ondo Governor Is Dead

Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu, the immediate
past governor of Ondo State is dead.
Agagu reportedly slumped and died in his
House in Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday
afternoon after returning from a trip to United
States. Another source said he died in his Ikoyi
residence, in Lagos.
Agagu, a senior member of the People's
Democratic Party, PDP, was to meet with
President Goodluck Jonathan next week along
with some elders of the party from the South
West on the lingering crisis in the Party.
Confirming his death, Ondo State Chairman of
the PDP, Ebenezer Alabi, said "We spoke
extensively by 10 a.m. today, we even shared
jokes."
Born February 16, 1948 at Iju Odo in
Okipipupa local government area of Ondo
state, Agagu commenced his elementary
education at St. Luke's Anglican School, now
known as St. Paul's Anglican School Okitipupa,
in 1954. In January 1958, he moved to live with
his cousin, Edward Fagbohun in Ibadan, Oyo
state where he continued his primary
education at Ebenezer African Church School,
Oke-Ado, Ibadan.
He continued his primary education in Kano in
1959 at Ebenezer Methodist School and
Baptist Primary School Sabon-Gari, Kano State
but went back to Ebenezer African Church
School, Ibadan where he completed his
primary education in 1960. He was in Ibadan
Grammar School between January 1961 and
1967 where he passed his West African School
Certificate and the Higher School Certificate
examinations.
He was admitted into the University of Ibadan
in 1968 to study Botany but later changed to
Geology in which he graduated with a B.Sc.
(Hons) degree in Second Class Upper Division,
in 1971.
Agagu went to the University of Texas between
1973 and 1974 for his Masters degree in
Geology, and obtained a Ph.D degree in
Petroleum Geology from the University of
Ibadan in 1978.
Agagu was appointed by President Olusegun
Obasanjo as Minister of Aviation in 1999.
He was elected Governor of Ondo State from
29 May, 2003 until February 2009.
Agagu was aged 65.