A renowned professor of history, Obaro Ikime, is dead.
He died on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Ikime was born in 1936 in a village called Anibeze in the Arohwa clan in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.
He was a fellow and former president of the Historical Society of Nigeria. retired UI professor of history
He was also a retired priest of the Anglican Communion and a former member of the University of Ibadan Governing Council.
He is survived by his wife, sons and daughter.
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