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Lekan Salami
Olalekan Sanusi Salami was born in 1928 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria to Mr. Salami and Mrs. Oyebimpe Oyetunde. He was a Nigerian businessman, politician and football administrator known for his role in the successful years of Ibadan based Shooting Stars Football Club.
Lekan Salami Age
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Lekan Salami Early Life
Salami was born into a royal family in Eleta neighborhood of Ibadan South East local government area. His uncle, the late Shittu Akintola Oyetunde, was the Olubadan during his life time. Salami grew up learning the Quran as his family were devote Muslims. He also attended Ibadan Boys High School and Lisabi Grammar School in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Lekan Salami Career
Lekan was a politician. He served as secretary of the Ibadan Cooperative Produce Marketing Union in the early 1950s. He also served as councilor to the Ibadan District Council after he won an election in 1954 until 1956 when he won the election into the Western House of Assembly. He won a reelection into the Ibadan District Council in 1961 and served
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Lekan Salami Stadium
Stadium in Nigeria
Lekan Salami Stadium,[2] also known as Adamasingba Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Ibadan, Nigeria. Primarily utilized for football matches, the stadium serves as the home ground for Shooting Stars and other local teams.[3] With seating for 10,000 spectators, it offers a vibrant setting for sport events
Shooting Stars FC are an extremely successful team and have many fans. They won the championship in 1993 and soon after, went to the bottom of the ladder.[4]
History
Lekan Salami Stadium was built on 130,000 square meters of land, formerly occupied by Ibadan race course. It was opened on May 28, 1988. Developmental plans for the complex began in 1976 during the administration of David Jemibewon.[5] The race course space had gone unused and had been occupied by illegal structures and activities. To reclaim the land, the military government of Jemibewon decided to build a recreational and sports complex. While the initial design was for sport and recreational complex, provision
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Lekan Salami
Nigerian politician and businessman
Olalekan Sanusi Salami (1928–1988) was a Nigerian politician, businessman, and socialite who was the former director of the Western Nigeria Development Corporation currently known as the Odu'a Investment Company. He was also a director of the Israeli construction firm Solel Boneh and founded the football team Shooting Stars S.C.[1] during the 1970s.
The Adamasingba Sports Complex inaugurated on May 28th 1988, two months after his death, was renamed Lekan Salami Stadium in 1998 by the then Oyo State Military Governor, Ahmed Usman .[2]
Life
Salami was born in Ibadan to the royal family of Salami and Oyebimpe Oyetunde, his father, was a younger brother to the late Olubadan Ọba Shittu Akintola Oyetunde. The family's compound was in the Eleta neighborhood of Ibadan, hence he was given the moniker Salami Eleta when he was young. He started learning by taking Quranic lessons at the age of three and when he was seven, he started attending an Islamic school. He later attended Ibadan Boys High School and
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