Top Lagos socialite, sports supporter and businessman, Chief Molade Okoya Thomas, is dead. He died on Sunday, February 1, 2015. Aged 79, he was born on June 8, 1935.
The Asoju Oba of Lagos and Knight of Saint Sylvester (in the Catholic Church) was a lawn tennis lover and sponsor. The chairman of CFAO, he was educated at the popular Baptist Academy, Lagos, Balham & Tooting College of Commerce, London and Columbia University, New York. Married and blessed with children, one of his daughters, Jumoke, used to be a member of House of Reps. His burial details are yet to be released by his family.
YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine gathered reliably that the white attires – loving father and grand father had been ill. Then, he recovered; only to later give up the ghost. Condolence messages have since been pouring in for him.