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The remains of elder statesman and first civilian governor of Lagos State, Lateef Jakande, were on Friday interred at the Vaults and Gardens private cemetery Ikoyi, Lagos.
The funeral service was conducted by Islamic scholars and clerics from different communities and mosques in Lagos State, who prayed for the repose of the deceased and the family members he left behind.
Leading the Lagos State Government delegation to the funeral was
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, accompanied by his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat; Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola; and other members of the State Executive Council.
L-R: Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; wife of the deceased, Alhaja Abimbola Jakande; Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu and the children of deceased, during the funeral of the first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, at the Vaults and Gardens, Ikoyi, on Friday, February 12, 2021.
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The remains of Lateef Jakande, the first elected governor of Lagos State and a former minister of works, were interred at the Vaults and Gardens Cemetery, Ikoyi on Friday.
The event marked the exit of the last of the five governors elected on the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) at the beginning of the short-lived Nigerian Second Republic in 1979.
He died on Thursday at the age of 91.
In his days as governor of the Lagos, which was also the federal capital at the time, Mr Jakande was called ‘Baba Kekere.’
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By Arogbonlo Israel
Former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, reportedly died on Thursday, 11 February, 2021 at the age of 91.
Jakande, aka Baba Kekere, brought a lot of development to Lagos as governor between October 1, 1979 and December 31, 1983, in line with the five cardinal programmes of the Unity Party of Nigeria founded by a former Premier of the Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
Incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, confirmed the passage of the elder statesman in a statement.
Here’s quick facts to know about the deceased;