45 years on, Kwara govt remembers Col. Ibrahim Taiwo

Date: 2021-02-14

Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has described the former military Governor of the state Col. Ibrahim Taiwo as a man of history who laid solid foundations for infrastructural development of the state.

No-nonsense Col. Ibrahim Taiwo, a former military Governor of Kwara State after whom the popular Ibrahim Taiwo Road was named in Ilorin, was abducted and later killed on the same day that the Col. Bukar Sukar Dimka-led coupists murdered the Head of State Major General Murtala Ramat Muhammed in the then capital city Lagos in a botched attempt to seize power on February 13, 1976.

He was buried in his native town of Ogbomosho in Oyo State.

"Forty-five (45) years after his assassination, the memories of these valiant patriots linger in the consciousness of our people. They came; they saw; and they conquered. We especially remember and appreciate the strides of our former Governor Ibrahim Taiwo within the short period of his memorable leadership of the state," according to a statement by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye.

"On the 45th anniversary of the botched coup, it is instructive to note that these fallen officers, including Kwara's Col. Ibrahim Taiwo, continue to get mostly positive reviews of their remarkable yet short stewardship. His Excellency Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq hereby joins the multitude of our people to commemorate this historic day of their assassination, commiserate with the families they left behind, and pray to God to comfort them and repose the souls of these great military statesmen who died in the service of our fatherland."

Rafiu Ajakaye

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor

February 13, 2021

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Tafidan Kaiama     Bashirat Bola Bello     Kwara Poly     Emir Of Shonga     Patience Jonathan     Baba-Isale     Pakata Development Association     Ashiru     Kunle Okeowo     Busari Alabi Alausa     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Oba-Solagberu     Sadiq Umar     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Abubakar Suleiman     Doyin Awoyale     Olayinka Are     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Oke-Kura     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Joseph Daudu     Emir Of Lafiagi     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Omu-aran     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Sherif Sagaya     EndSARS     Toyin Abdullahi     VADA     Aliyu Umar     Fatimat Saliu     Summit University     Ajuloopin     Saduki Lafiagi     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Doyin Agbamu     Tafida Of Kaiama     Eleja Taiwo Banu     ITP     Gobir     TIIDELab     Usman Yunusa     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Ado Ibrahim     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Sobi     Segun Adeniyi     Vasolar Consortium     Lanre Jimoh     Jawondo     Sun Qing Rong     Saliu Ajia     Lanre Badmus     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Michael Nzekwe     Saad Belgore     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     IPSAS     Universal Basic Education Commission     Ahmad Belgore     Alabi Lawal     NULGE     Kanu Agabi     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Binta Sulyman     Ita-Nmo Market     Abdulazeez Uthman     IYA YUSUF     Saheed Popoola     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     High Court     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Bluenile Associates    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Salihu Alhaji Musa     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Tafidan Kaiama     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Taofeek Ibraheem     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Shero     Saka Adeyemo     SWAN     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Ejidongari     Kunle Akogun     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     KWSIEC     Nagode     Usman Alkali Baba     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Ajidagba     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Mustapha Akanbi     Halidu Danbaba     Jani Ibrahim     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Dele Momodu     Rotimi Oyedepo     ITEM 7     UNIFEMGA     Olaiya Lawal     Asa LGEA School     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Razak Atunwa     Babata     TESCOM 2025     Aminu Adisa Logun     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Rafiu Olasile     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Khairat Gwadabe     Sulu Gambari     Muhammed Danjuma     Zulu Gambari     Lanre Jimoh     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Idris Amosa Saidu     Paul Olawoore     New Naira Notes     Gambari     National Pilot     Oniye     Sango-UITH Road     Kulende     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Folashade Omoniyi     Kwara State Government     David Oyedepo     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Amos Bajeh     Sola Saraki University     Ilorin Airport     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Ojuekun     Mahe Abdulkadir     Fatimoh Lawal     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Mashood Dauda     Hassan A. Saliu     Hauwa Nuru     Sanitation Exercise     Kabir Shagaya     Madawaki     Abraysports FC     Olatunde Olukoya     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Neuropsychiatric Hospital