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.

Dairo Kunle Paul     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Shola Odetundun     Shero     Cassava Growers\' Association     Ilorin South Constituency     Maimunat Oniyangi     Adaramaja     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Hauwa Nuru     Jumoke F. Ajao     Orisun Igbomina     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Kwara Poly     Tosin Saraki     Shururat Olatinwo     Sodiya     Abubakar Suleiman     Oja-Oba     Balikis Jawondo     Shaaba Lafiagi     Baboko Primary School     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Wahab Isa     Yaman     Emmanuel Bello     Musibau Akanji     Falokun-Oja     Radio SBS     Offorjama     NFAI     Government High School Adeta     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Offa Poly     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Ayekale     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Share/Tsaragi     Mahfouz Adedimeji     CELF     Irepodun     ENetSuD     Vasolar Consortium     SSA Youth Engagement     Arandun     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     International Vocational Centre     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Oko Erin     Ajike People Support Centre     Ilorin.Info     Okin Group     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Ghali Muhammed     Wahab Issa     Ope Saraki     Young Progressives Party     Ebola     Bola Tinubu     Adamu Atta     Funmilayo Mohammed     Kwara State Government     Kwara State Pension Board     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Abdulkarim Adisa     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Ijagbo Health Centre     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Air Peace     Isiaka Danmeromu     Gbenga Awoyale     Kaiama     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Idris Amosa Saidu     IYA YUSUF     Kwara Politics    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     MAI Akande     Adaramaja     Amusement Park     Kwara State Television     Sarah Alade     Shonga     Gani Saadu     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ibrahim Abikan     General Hospital, Offa     Harrison Osauwagboe     Eleja     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Communication Network Support Services     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Olatunde Jare     TVC Female National Debate     Binta Sulyman     KW-GIS     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Buari Edun     Aliyu U. Tilde     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Raheem Adaramaja     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Mamatu Abdullahi     Assayomo     Ahmed Bayero     Ado Ibrahim     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Pakata Development Association     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Mohammed Saidu     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Albert Ogunsola     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Gobir Organization Foundation     Maigida     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Ibrahim Bio     Al-Ilory     Ilorin     Toyin Sanusi     Shaaba Lafiagi     Ahmed     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Kayode Zubair     Lithium     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Shuaib Olarongbe     Kaosarah Adeyi     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Aminu Ado Bayero     Emmanuel Bello     Ronke Adeyemi     Nigerian Medical Association     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Saadu Alanamu     Tunde Yusuf