Continued: Islamic leader,Lateef Adegbite dies in Lagos

Dr. Oladimeji Lateef Adegbite, Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council
for Islamic Affairs and the Seriki Musulumi of
Egbaland has been confirmed dead today by Ogun
state Governor , Senator Ibikunle Amosun Some
minutes ago He was 79 Years Old. Lateef Adegbite born in 20 March 1933, he was a
lawyer who became Attorney General of the
Western Region of Nigeria, and who later became
Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council
for Islamic Affairs. Abdu-Lateef Oladimeji Adegbite was born on 20
March 1933 into a strictly Moslem Egba family in
Abeokuta, Ogun State. He attended Methodist
School, Abeokuta. He attended Arabic School, then
entered St. Paul’s Primary School in Igbore,
Abeokuta in 1942, when he was aged nine. Adegbite obtained a scholarship to attend King’s College,
Lagos, where he was co-founder and first National
president of the Muslim Students’ Society of
Nigeria, graduating in 1956. In 1971 Adegbite was appointed Commissioner for
Local Governments and Chieftaincy Matters in the
old Western Region of Nigeria during the military
administration of Brigadier Christopher Oluwole
Rotimi. He was then appointed Commissioner for
Justice and Attorney-General of the Western Region in 1973.In October 1976 he founded the legal firm of
Lateef Adegbite & Co as the Principal Partner, with
main office in Lagos and a branch office in
Abeokuta, specializing in Commercial and Corporate
Law. The Abeokuta office is in Ago-Oba. He was
one of the founders of the Abeokuta Social Club in 1972. Adegbite was president of the Nigeria Olympic
Committee from 1972 to 1985. He was Pro-
Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council
of the University of Maiduguri from 1984 to 1990. He
became a member of the Executive Committee of
the Lagos State Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He became a Director of Industrial and
General Insurance Plc. Adegbite was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). He
holds the traditional titles of Seriki of Egbaland and
Baba Adinni of Egba Muslims. On 9 March 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan appointed him Chairman of a Presidential Committee on Public
Awareness on Security and Civic Responsibilities.