The Chairman of pan-Yoruba intelligentsia group, Voice of Reason (VOR), Dr. Olufemi Adegoke is dead.

The medical veteran came from Ondo Town in Ondo West Local Government Area.

Adegoke was the dad of a Nigerian-born member of the British Parliament, Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch.

The lawmaker, a Conservative Party member, served in Boris Johnson’s federal government as Minister of State for Levelling Up Communities and Minister of State for Equalities.

A statement on Friday by Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide explained Adegoke as a man of self-evident character.

Director of Communication, Maxwell Adeleye said he was resolute and committed towards the decommissioning of Nigerian’s 1999 Constitution.

The representative recalled that Adegoke spent his ins 2015 working for the improvement and liberation of Yorubas.

“He was an unparalleled patriot of the Yoruba people and an intellectual giant whose guts and candour goes beyond the universes”, he noted.

The body, led by Professor Banji Akintoye, had compassion with the Adegokes and prayed that God will provide the perseverance to bear the loss.