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.

Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Simeon Ajibola     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Oba Of Jebba     Yakubu Gobir     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Simon Sayomi     MATTA Girls Foundation     Kawu Baraje     Olatunde Jare     Kayode Zubair     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Iyabo Adewuyi     Lateef Fagbemi     March 18     Hamid Bobboyi     Yahaya Dumoye     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Halidu Danbaba     Buhari     Saraki     Ope Saraki     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Eghe Igbinehi     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Olatunde Oyeyiola     08001000100     Bayo Lawal     Erubu Oba Zubair     Turaki Of Ilorin     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Asa     Jare Olatundun     Amoyo     Local Government Pension Board     Folashade Omoniyi     Kisira     Pakata Development Association     Abatemi Usman     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Tafidan Kaiama     Iliasu     Ganmo     Razak Atunwa     Obasanjo     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Abikan     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Rapheal Ashaolu     Air Peace     Paul Odama     Aso-ofi     Oye Tinuoye     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Gbajabiamila     Ojuekun     Pakata     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     General Hospital, Offa     Maryam Nurudeen     Oke-Oyi     Segun Abifarin     Musa Alhassan Buge     Principal Private Secretary     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Ilorin East     Apado     Malete     Shonga     Lotus Bank     Olupako     Mustapha Olanipekun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Tunde Idiagbon Road     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Yusuf Mubarak     Ayo Adeyemi     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Aro Yahaya     Hijaab     Hamza Usman     Undergraduate Bursary     Sunset Workers     Malete     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Lai Mohammed     Durbar Festival     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Oko     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Just Event Online     Dairo Kunle Paul     AbdulHamid Adi     Fatai Olodo     Saad Omo\'ya     Dogara     Kwara State Television     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     MalHub     Olusola Saraki     Bank Of Industry     Olokoba     Hausa     Agbarigidoma     Jide Ashonibare     Taiwo Joseph     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Muhammadu Buhari     Idofin     Esinrogunjo     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Yusuf Aiyedun     Taofeek Ibraheem     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Baruten     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Forgo Battery     MATTA Girls Foundation     Ibrahim Labaika     Umar Gunu     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Egbewole     KWATMA     April 11     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     David Oyedepo     Maigida     Musbau A. Akanji     Harafat E. Mukadam     Oluwole Dupe     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Radio SBS     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Memunat Monsuma     Idris Amosa Saidu     Quarry Royal Valley     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Ilorin     Ashiru     Kwara State Government     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Joseph Daudu     Pilgrims Board     Abdulmutalib Shittu