The death has been announced of Chief Tayo Akpata, a former trustee and Executive Secretary of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) and one-time Commissioner for Education in the old Bendel State.
Chief Akpata 83 died Monday morning at his Ikoyi, Lagos home.
Until his death he was the ‘Ima of Benin.’
An alumnus of Edo College, Benin, and University of Hull, United Kingdom, Chief Akpata served as the deputy registrar of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
He was also director of Bendel Feeds and Flower Mills (BFFM), and chairman of I.B.M (Nigeria) Ltd.
He is survived by his wife, Olabisi, children and grandchildren.
Burial arrangement will be announced in due course , a press statement released by his family to confirm his death said.