Sad former Lagos governor loses wife
– The wife of the former military governor of Lagos state dies
– Brig.-General Mobolaji Johnson is a former military governor of Lagos state
Former military governor of Lagos state, Brig.-General Mobolaji Johnson, with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
The wife of the former military governor of Lagos state, Brig.-General Mobolaji Johnson, Funmi is dead.
According to Vanguard, the wife of the former military governor died on Saturday, February 6.
Though the cause of her death is yet to be established, sources said she died after a brief illness in a hospital located in Victoria Island.
Among the early visitors to the home of the Johnsons in Ilupeju was the first executive governor of the state, Alhaji Lateef Jakande and former Minister of Communications, Mrs. Omobola Johnson and others.
Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson who was born February 9, 1936, is a retired Nigerian Army Brigadier and former military Governor of Lagos State from May 1967 to July 1975 during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon. As governor of Lagos, his administration supervised the unpopular demolition of Ajele Cemetery in the early 1970s.
He was involved in developing the civil service in Lagos State. Johnson retired from the Nigerian Army in 1975 and went into private business. He has four children, three sons and a daughter.
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