An Assistant General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prof. Folagbade Aboaba, is dead. He was aged 90.

Aboaba, who was said to be one of the closest allies of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, died this morning after a brief illness.

This was disclosed in a statement by the national chairman of the Nigeria Institute of Agricultural Engineers, Prof Folarin Alonge.

In a tribute to his memory on the website of the institute, Alonge described the late scholar as one of the founding fathers of the institute who was always passionate about the growth of Agricultural Engineering and mechanisation in the country.