Gloom descended on the Department of History University of Ibadan this morning when the news of the demise of. RA Adeleye
filtered through the hallowed corridors of the Department.
Adeleye, it was reported. passed on yesterday the 10th of February 2014 after a debilitating illness that lasted for over a decade.
For over a generation, Adeleye taught and mentored several students and scholars at Ibadan. He was a leading authority on Northern Nigerian History, his book Power and Diplomacy in Northern Nigeria 1804 -1906 (1971) remains a locus classicus in the study of the Sokoto Caliphate. A n eminent and brilliant scholar, Adeleye was a major builder and pilliar of the famous Ibadan School of History.
In addition to his prodigious scholarly out put. He will also be remembered for his service to his fatherland . He was a Commissioner in the old Kawara state and was subsequently appointed a Federal Commissioner first for Land and Housing and later for industries.
A fellow of Historical Society of Nigeria, he was married with children.
CBN Ogbogbo
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