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Buhari, Lawan, Tinubu, Gbaja, NPAN, NGE, NUJ, others mourn as Jakande dies at 91
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By Clifford Ndujihe, Dapo Akinrefon, Henry Umoru, Olasunkanmi Akoni & Olayinka Ajayi
THE reservoirs of tears and tributes were literally opened for Elder statesman, media icon and first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, who passed on, yesterday, at 91.
Tinubu made the remark in a condolence statement on Thursday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jakande died in the early hours of Thursday at 91.
The deceased, was a journalist, an administrator and politician who served as the governor of Lagos State between 1979 and 1983.
According to Tinubu,
“Papa Jakande could appropriately be described as the ‘last of the titans’ ranking with the likes of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Adekunle Ajasin and Pa Abraham Adesanya.
Others according to Tinubu include:
Chief Bola Ige, Chief Olabiyi Onabanjo, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and
Alhaji Aminu Kano, among others.“
By Oluwatope Lawanson
Lagos, Feb. 11, 2021 A former governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has described the first civilian governor of the state, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, as the ‘last of the political titans’.
Tinubu made the remark in a condolence statement on Thursday in Lagos.
Naija247news reports that Jakande died in the early hours of Thursday at 91.
The deceased, was a journalist, an administrator and politician who served as the governor of Lagos State between 1979 and 1983.
According to Tinubu, “Papa Jakande could appropriately be described as the ‘last of the titans’ ranking with the likes of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Adekunle Ajasin and Pa Abraham Adesanya.