Kwara Governor Mourns Former Military Governor of Benue
According to a news report from Daily Post, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has expressed his sadness over the passing of retired Air Vice Marshal Adebayo Lawal, former Military Governor of Benue.
The former minister of youth and sports, who was born in Offa, passed away on Sunday at the age of 83. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Monday in Ilorin, the governor extended his condolences to the family of the deceased, the Offa community, and the Nigerian Air Force.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has expressed sadness over the death of former Military Governor of Benue, retired Air Vice Marshal Adebayo Lawal.
DAILY POST reports that the former minister of youths and sport died on Sunday. The Offa-born military officer was aged 83.
Reacting to the sad development, the governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye on Monday in Ilorin, condoled with the family of the deceased, Offa community and the Nigerian Air Force.
The governor said the death of the former minister represents the end of an era in Nigeria's military history, especially the Nigerian Air Force, where he attained many milestones.
“His footprints in the Nigerian Air Force, his fine legacies as a community leader and statesman, and the ideals he lived for will help to preserve his memory”, the governor said.
AbdulRazaq prayed God for the repose of Lawal's soul and to preserve his family.
Born on Sept. 14, 1941, in Offa, Kwara, Lawal joined the Nigerian Air Force in 1963 as a pioneer officer.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Kwara Hotel Split Diamond Interchange National Association Of Nigerian Students KW-GIS 07039448763 Doyin Group ITEM 7 Abdulrahman Abdulrasak Lanre Issa Onilu Saad Belgore Col. Ibrahim Taiwo Alfa Yahaya Road Tosin Saraki Saliu Tunde Bello UTME Binta Sulyman Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund Haliru Dantoro Iyabo Dupe Adekeye Ado Bayero Offorjama CCB Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria Jamila Bio Ibrahim Ojuekun Arik Matthew Babaoye Imam Gambari Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade Charles Ibitoye Bibire Ajape Agboola Abdulraheem Ahmad Uthman Hijaab Sheikh Alimi Musa Yeketi Maigida Soludero Transit Metro Park Kwara NIPR NFAI AbdulRauf Keji Rabiu Kwankwaso Olam Food Ingredients Olupako Of Share Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao Farouk Salim Kwara State Council Of Chiefs Babaita Joseph Yemi Ajayi Yaru Alikinla Wahab Issa Yahaya Dumoye Temitope Ogunbanke Adijat Adebiyi CT Ayeni Aremu Odolaye KWATMA Joseph Offorjama Yoruba Valsolar Dasuki Belgore Olatunde Oyeyiola Tunji Oyawoye Halidu Danbaba Bashiru Makama Transition Implementation Committee Dan Iya Olusola Saraki Afeyin-Olukuta High Court Samuel Adaramola Ilorin Anchor Men And Women Sunday Otokiti MMWG Goodluck Jonathan

