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BREAKING: Ex-Lagos governor, Lateef Jakande, dies at 91

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BREAKING: Ex-Lagos governor, Lateef Jakande, dies at 91
 

Former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead.

 

He reportedly died on Thursday at the age of 91.

 

Jakande, aka Baba Kekere, brought a lot of development to Lagos as governor between October 1, 1979 and December 31, 1983, in line with the five cardinal programmes of the Unity Party of Nigeria founded by a former Premier of the Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.