Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi III

Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi III (CFR, SAN) (Born, 1942) is the traditional ruler of Owo (Olowo of Owo), Ondo state, Nigeria. He is the eldest son of the late Olowo of owo, Sir Olateru Olagbegi (1910-1998). He succeeded is father as the Olowo of Owo in 1999 but was given the staff of office as the Olowo of Owo on December 11, 2003 by late Olusegun Agagu, former executive governor of ondo state, Nigeria. He celebrated 15th coronation anniversary in 2014

Background and education

Oba Folagbade Olateru olagbegi was born into the ruling family in Owo. He is the eldest son of of the late Olowo of Owo,Sir Titus Olateru Olagbegi II. He received his first degree in law from London, UK and attended Nigeria Law school, in 1968. He rose to the peak of his career as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Career

Folagbade obtained a bachelor degree in Law from London, Uk. He later returned to Nigeria to practice Law under the late Fatai Williams. He was a lecturer in Nigeria law school, where he retired as a reader in 1991 and now a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He was appointed as Chancellor of University of Benin (Nigeria) in 2005 and now a chancellor in University of Abuja, a federal university in the federal capital territory Nigeria . Folagbade was the former chairman of the Ondo state council of Oba (King)

See also

• Owo