Friends and associates remember, eulogise Tunde Idiagbon

Date: 2012-05-02

CLOSE associates of former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Gen. Babatunde Idiagbon, who died 13 years ago at the age of 56, on Monday described him as a quintessential leader, who could have instilled discipline in Nigerians but for the Ibrahim Babangida-led coup, which terminated his regime.

At a forum organised by Plat Technologies Limited and Iqra Books Nigeria, the associates spoke on the topic: "The Labour of Our Heroes Past", said the late former number two citizen of the country deserved posthumous honours.

In his introductory remarks, Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University, (KWASU), Prof. Abdulrasheed   Na'Allah, said: "It is safe to summarise that leadership is the ability to set a realistic direction, develop effective plans, get others to implement the plans and measure results".

For retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Mustapha Akanbi: "Idiagbon had a sense of appreciation. Immediately he was released from detention, he personally visited me to appreciate my position on his incarceration. He was an example of a committed leader, who empowered his people to remove them from the state of poverty".

On his part, Idiagbon's childhood friend, now the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji Mahmud Atiku, canvassed the opening of a book on Nigerian leaders. " The records would serve as a caution to bad leaders. If his regime had not been toppled, by now, no act of indiscipline would be in our nation.

"We used to be playmates as children. His father 'Dogo' was a disciplinarian. Babatunde was a great swimmer and the zenith of our childhood was that we sold water-carrying pails. Nobody thought that he would get to the level he got to later in life", Atiku said.

On why Idiagbon was not used to smiling, Atiku said: "He had been like that since his youthful days. But he would laugh when something happened to you. If you accidentally used your head to hit the wall, for instance, he would laugh at you".

The programme had in attendance the CEOs of Plat Technologies Limited and Iqra Books Nigeria, Engineer Taofik Abdulkareem and Mallam Abdullateef Abdussalam respectively.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Baaziki Sulaiman     Obayomi Azeez     Ahmed Bayero     Monsurat Omotosho     Oyelere Oyinloye     Bahago     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Pakata Patriots     Suwa-Arabs     Christopher Ayeni     Dan Masanin     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Kale Belgore     Alabere     Kale Kawu     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Olatunji Ibrahim     Kumbi Titilope     Taofik Mustapha     Amosa     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Durbar Festival     IF-K     Kwara Restoration Project     Kanu Agabi     Bature Bello     Saliu Tunde Bello     Abdulwaheed Musa     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     New Nigeria People’s Party     Usman Alkali Baba     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Alore     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Ilesha-Baruba     Afonja     Edu     Temi Kolawole     PharmAccess Foundation     Olushola Saraki     Abdulkarim Adisa     Kwara 2015     Ubandawaki     Oke-Ode     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Afetu Of Alabe     Binta Sulyman     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Mike Omotosho     Boko Haram     IQRA College     Olatomiwa Williams     Sola Saraki University     Oyedepo     Mohammed Abduraheem     NFAI     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Balogun Ajikobi     Balogun Fulani     Aiyedun     Law School Scholarship     Babatunde Ajeigbe     COEASU     Park     Fola Consultant     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Local Government     Muritala Olarewaju     Aliyu Sabi     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Gbemi Saraki     Sam Onile     Mazars Consulting     Third Estate     KWASEIC     Teachers Specific Allowance    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Biliaminu Aliu     Lanre Jimoh     Alagbado     Monkey Pox     Seni Saraki     Olaiya Zuberu     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Ali Ahmad     NSCIA     Offa Poly     Garment Factory     Kwara TV     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     CELF     Kazeem Gbolagade     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Aisha Buhari     John Olajide Adedipe     Muhammed Danjuma     Vasolar     Adedipe     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Kola Adesina     Bamikole Omishore     Okedare     Adesoye College     Paul Olawoore     Raymond Olaitan     Dankaka     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     KWAFFA     Babajide Ajayi     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Sadiq Buhari     SARS     Isaac Gbenle     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Jimba Babatunde     Tuesday Assayomo     Donatus Ejidike     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Idofin     Afetu Of Alabe     Wasiu Onidugbe     Sulyman Tejidini     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Kolade Solagberu     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Suleiman Abubakar     Lotus Bank     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Rebecca Bake     Akeem Lawal     Roseline Oni Aremu     COEASU     CCT     Funke Adedoyin     IQRA College     Senate Presidency     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Abubakar Ndakene     Mohammed Abduraheem     Suleiman Mora Omar     Just Event Online     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Igbaja     The Herald     SWAN     CBT     Saad Omo\'ya     Shehu Salau