A former managing director of First Bank Nigeria, and the paramount ruler of Iloko Ijesha, Oba Oladele Olashore, is dead.

Circumstances of the monarch’s death were unclear at press time. He was aged 77.
In a tribute, Saturday, the governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, described the passage as a colossal loss.

Olashore, according to the governor, served Nigeria as a dedicated professional to the best of his ability before retiring to offer community service to his people in the State of Osun.

Aregbesola, in a statement signed by his Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, recalled Olashore’s brilliant performance within the Nigerian financial sector; a performance that saw him to the pinnacle of his career as the Managing Director of the First Bank of Nigeria Plc.