Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has paid a condolence visit to the aged father of the developer of the 21-floor house that collapsed a week ago in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Not less than 43 bodies, including that of Osibona, have been retrieved dead from the rubble of the building.
Osibona has been described in different ways by different people.
While some alleged that he disrespected regulation, others said he was a businessman who respected due process.
Among the latter group is OVATION Publisher, Dele Momodu, a friend of the deceased.
Photos from Ogun show Abiodun sitting and chatting with the old man during the visit.
Olufemi Adegoke Osibona (full name) was a Nigerian businessman, and head of Fourscore Homes, a Lagos-based private development company.
Osibona was educated at Mayflower School, Ikenne, and then took an HND in business and Finance, reportedly at Croydon University.
Fourscore Homes commissioned the construction of a trio of highrise buildings, the three “360 Degrees Towers”, at 44BCD Gerrard Road, Ikoyi. On 1 November 2021, one of them collapsed, leaving at least43 people dead and several more missing.Osibona was inside the building during the collapse and his body was recovered on 4 November.
Osibona had previously worked as a shoe salesman, and had developed properties at Albion Drive, Hackney, London, in Atlanta, Georgia, and near Johannesburg, South Africa. He was an evangelist and a member of the Celestial Church of Christ.
