How foremost Nigerian politician died this morning on lagos-ibadan expressway

- Adegoke Adelabu was a foremost politician in the defunct western region of Nigeria and leader of NCNC - He was arch rival to Chief Obafemi Awolowo, premier of old western region and leader of Action Group - Unfortunately, he died in a terrible car crash in Ijebuland, the territory of Obafemi Awolowo in 1958 - His sudden death led to mass protest which resulted to the death of over 20 people in Ibadan Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu was born at Oke Oluokun, Kudeti area of Ibadan, Oyo on September 3, 1915. He was a prominent personality in the politics of Ibadan and subsequently that of the Western region of Nigeria right before the country's independence in 1960. He was Nigeria's minister of natural resources and social services from January 1955 to January 1956 and was later the opposition leader in the Western regional assembly until his death in 1958. He was the first African manager of the United Africa Company (UAC) at age 21 in 1936, Nigeria’s first federal minister of social services and natural resources at age 39 in 1954, first chairman the old Ibadan district council in 1954, former first national vice, later the president of the now defunct NCNC political party, former leader of opposition in the old Western region house of assembly and leader of the NCNC western delegation to the 1957 constitutional conference in London. NAIJ.com gathered that Adelabu was a self-made man born into a humble family but became an influential figure in Nigerian politics. He attended Government College, Ibadan and eventually became a business man. His successful political career was cut short when he was killed in a car crash, not long before Nigeria gained independence from Britain. How Adegoke Adelabu, foremost Nigerian politician, died in a car crash in 1958 Adegoke Adelabu and the Peugeot car 203 he was traveling in that crashed where he died instantly. But the white man traveling with him and the occupants of the other car he crashed into did not die According to Abiyamo, a Nigerian blogger, Adegoke Adelabu has remained one of the most brilliant political minds in Nigeria. A radical nationalist who was incredibly passionate about causes of the masses, Alhaji Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu, better known as Penkelemesi, a Yoruba coinage from his phrase “peculiar mess,” he was an activist who would never give up until he achieved his goal.