Popular Akure socialite and political figure, Adeleye Fayehun, popularly known as Ade Basket, has died weeks after the burial of his wife, Atinuke Fayehun.
Ade Basket reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday following an undisclosed illness.
The state-owned newspaper, The Hope, reports that the socialite had been receiving medical treatment in a hospital for several weeks before his death.
His death comes weeks after his wife, Atinuke Fayehun, was buried in late October 2026.
Ade Basket was arrested in July 2016 over an alleged assault on a pregnant woman, who was reportedly left in a coma.
Ade Basket, who has repeatedly been linked in news reports to violence and gang leadership working with political parties and figures, gained prominence in the early 2000s.
