After battling an undisclosed ailment in a London hospital in the United Kingdom for several days, renowned economist, Professor Sam Aluko, finally gave up the ghost in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 83 years old.
An indigene of Ode Ekiti in the present day Ekiti State, he was an erudite scholar, politician and a staunch member of the think-tank of the first Premier of Western Nigeria, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
A politician of impeccable character, he was a prominent leader of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in the defunct Second Republic.
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