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Akure socialite Ade Basket dies weeks after wife’s burial

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November 11, 2026

Pearl Effiong

Popular Akure socialite, Adeleye Fayehun, widely known as Ade Basket, has died.

Ade Basket reportedly passed away in the early hours of Wednesday following an undisclosed illness.

According to the state-owned newspaper, The Hope, the socialite had been receiving medical treatment in hospital for several weeks before his death.

This came a few weeks after the death of his wife, Atinuke Fayehun, who was recently buried in late October 2026.

The Leader Nigeria reports that Ade Basket was arrested in July 2016 for assaulting a pregnant woman, leaving her 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.

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