Alhaji Buhari Oloto, a popular Lagos-based socialite and monarch, is dead, The Nation reports.

The late Oloto was installed as the Oba of Iguruland, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos last September.

He was said to be 80.

Oba Oloto, popularly known as Buhari Oloto and later called Abu Oloto, was a popular figure in the Lagos social scene for over 40 years.

His death was confirmed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice Chairman (Lagos Central) Hakeem Bamgbola.

It was learnt the monarch died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.