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.

Details later…