He was a phenomenon. Chief E. A. Babalola was the first University graduate from that entity known as Ekiti, now Ekiti state, which is symbolized as the fountain of knowledge. Chief Babalola took the first baton when he graduated from the University of Sierra Leone also known as Fourah Bay College in 1946. He stood as a unique person being the first to have a degree in a place which later became a reservoir of intellectuals in Nigeria. I learnt that the whole of Ekiti erupted in disbelief and joy to have the very first University graduate among them. A reception was therefore organized for him and he was welcomed with gun salute in Oye-Ekiti, his home town and the whole of Ekiti Division as it was known then. He was a teacher, a school principal and the Minister of works in Western Region during the administration of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He was married with children and died around 1985. (Compiled by Olusina Akeredolu).
GUESS WHAT I AM ONE OF HIS GRAND CHILDREN AND I AM SAD I NEVER GOT TO MEET HIM BECAUSE I AM TEN YEARS OLD