Background
He was born in Shagamu, Ogun, the first son of the local king.
He was born in Shagamu, Ogun, the first son of the local king.
Queen"s University Belfast.
He came to the United Kingdom in 1939 to study at Queen"s University of Belfast where he graduated in medicine in 1942. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, placing twelfth in the high jump and fifth in the long jump. His personal best jumps were 1.969 metres in the high jump (1949) and 7.35 metres in the long jump (1947).
He died in January 2014.