Former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State and retired naval officer, Navy Captain Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade (rtd), has died at the age of 70.
Olubolade, who marked his 70th birthday on November 30, 2024, passed away on Sunday, May 11, in Apapa, Lagos. According to a family statement jointly signed by his first daughter, Mrs. Oluwayemisi Akinadewo, and first son, Mr. Dayo Olubolade, the retired officer collapsed while playing lawn tennis.
“He drove himself to the facility to play lawn tennis in the evening and slumped while playing. Efforts were made by medical officers around to revive him to no avail. He was immediately rushed to Obisesan Naval Medical Hospital, Apapa, where he was pronounced dead,” the statement read.
Olubolade was born on 30 November 1954 at Ipoti-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Navy in 1974, and attended courses including the Britannia Royal Naval College, UK in 1975 and the Naval College of Engineering, India in 1979. On 9 June 1997, he was appointed military administrator of the newly created Bayelsa State by the military government of General Sani Abacha.
Olubolade retired from the Nigerian Navy in 1999 at the start of the new democratic regime.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family at a later date.
