Ibadan loses prominent son, Lekan Are

Dr Lekan Are, a foremost Nigerian agronomist, businessman, philanthropist and Chairman of University Press Plc, is dead. A family member said Dr. Are died at 86-years-old following a brief illness.

He died at the High Dependency Unit of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan at about 12.30am on Saturday.

Are, born on Dec. 2, 1933, was a former General Manager of Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority.

The deceased was the Managing Director/ Chairman of Kakanfo Inn, Managing Director, Lekan Are Farms Limited and Director of Punch Nigeria Limited.

The agricultural consultant and farmer was until his death the Laguna Bobajiro of Ibadanland.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/ibadan-loses-prominent-son-lekan-are.html

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