A prominent legal practitioner, Chief Karimu Oladele Latunji is dead.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Latunji is a respected lawyer based in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
KO Latunji as he is fondly called died in the early hours of Friday. He was 92.
As a Barrister and Solicitor, Chief Latunji had a stint in legal practice from 1962-1963 with Chief Ayo Rosiji and Co and Chief Kola Daisi and Co.
Until his death, he was a senior partner of Chief KO. Latunji and Co. Solicitors and Advocate and Notary Public, a firm of private legal practitioners based in Ibadan.
As a lawyer, he dedicated a major part of his legal profession to fighting for the rights of Ibadan people and indeed the Yoruba race over the last six decades.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Joselyn Lloyd Latunji, a Briton; and children.
See late Latunji’s photo below: