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Chief Adeyemi Falade (15 April 1932 - 26 May 2012) was a great icon, community leader and an elder statesman. He was a chieftain of Akoko Consultative Forum in Ondo State[1][2].

Background and History Chief Adeyemi Falade was born in Irun Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria on 15 April 1932. He was a Nigeria politician and business mogul whose businesses spread across the old Western Region of Nigeria. He was the sole-proprietor/founder of Falade Bookshop Osogbo Osun State Nigeria and other numerous companies. Falade yielded to the clarion call of his people and he became the first chairman of Akoko North Local Government in the old Ondo State with unsurpassed records[2]. He was a truthful crusader, defender of the oppressed and an egalitarian leader. He was a Christian and was notable for his forthrightness and candour.