*Photo: Late Chief Adekunle Ojora*
One of Nigeria’s most enduring businessmen and boardroom czar Chief Adekunle Ojora is dead. Ojora who served as chairman of the board of AGIP Nigeria Limited from 1971 until it was acquired by Unipetrol and had stakes in other major business concerns died on Wednesday January 26,2026 at the age of 93.
Ojora’s daughter Mrs Toyin Ojora-Saraki , wife of the former Governor of Kwara State and former President of Nigerian Senate , Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, made the announcement on behalf of the family.
The Family’s Announcement reads:
Inalilahi wa Ina Ilaehi Rajiun
With total submission to the will of Almighty Allah (SWT), the Ojora family of Lagos hereby announces the passing of our beloved patriarch, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, the Otunba of Lagos and Lisa of Ife, who returned to his creator early this morning,( Jnaury 28,2026).
We say Alhamdulilahi for a life well lived, and we comply with Allah’s words that: “Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him we will all return” (Q2: 156).
He was 93 and will be buried in Lagos according to Islamic rites. He was survived by his lovely wife, Erelu Ojolape Ojora, his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
We urge all members of the public to join us in praying to Allah to grant His servant, who has lived a dignified life, reprieve in the grave and a place in Aljannah Firdaus. Ameen.