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Claim 01 · VerifiedDied Nov 1953, aged 34
Daily Times obituary; Action Group papers; Wikipedia.
Claim 02 · VerifiedCentral minister, 1951
Colonial Office gazette, 1951.
Claim 03 · DisputedPlace of death
Ijebu-Igbo (Wikipedia) vs Lagos (physician's memoir).
Claim 04 · Legend"Let him bark"
Oral tradition only. No contemporary written source.
Claim 05 · WeakAlaafin suspended 1954
One secondary source. Needs archive confirmation.
Claim 06 · Editor noteLGA: Surulere
Inferred from Bode Thomas Street. No source names it.