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.

Riskat Opakunle     Abdulwaheed Musa     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Lawal Jimoh     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Undergraduate Bursary     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Paul Odama     Ahman Pategi     Azeez Bello     Omotoso     Aliyu Adebayo     Aiyedun     Dogara     Christopher Ayeni     AbdulRauf Keji     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Wole Oke     Budo-Egba     Raji AbdulRasaq     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Illyasu Abdullahi     AbdulGafar Tosho     NIPR     Adamu Attah     Salake     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Memunat Monsuma     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Yakubu Dogara     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Laboratory-to-Product     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Balogun-Ojomu     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Yusuf Mubarak     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     ASMAU PLAZA     Magaji Are     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Yakubu Gobir     T And K FOODS     Raymond Olaitan     Kwara Poly     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Bayo Ajia     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Labour Party     JMK Construction Company Limited     Olatunji Bamgbola     Gani Saadu     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Photo News     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Kawu Baraje     Yusuf A. Usman     Elerinjare     Garba Idris Ajia     Ramadhan     Okin Malt     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Adama Isa     Christopher Odetunde     Kola Bukoye     Muritala Awodun     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Ilorin Airport     Adesoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mutawali     Yusuf Arowosaye     Okala Baba     Bayo Ajia     Transition Implementation Committee     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Amusement Park     Saidu Yaro Musa     Ilorin Central Mosque     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Sobi Hill     Olaitan Buraimoh     Olusola Saraki     Paul Odama     COEASU     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Yusuf Lawal     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Ayodele Shittu     Ijagbo Health Centre     Dankaka     Rashidi Yekini     Wahab Isa     Garment Factory     Jide Oyinloye     Funmi Salau     Olateju Lukman     Ishaq Oloyede     SAPZ Project     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Tanke     Ilorin Metro Park     Mohammed Danjuma     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Alabere     Village Alive Development Association     Charcoal     Baboko     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Presidential Election     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Bolaji Nagode     Labaeka     Erin-ile     Iyabo Adewuyi     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Undergraduate Bursary     Yusuf Abubakar     Abubakar B.M     Kwara North     Bursary     CCT     Diagnostic Centre     Fatai Olodo     Illyasu Abdullahi     Binta Sulyman     Hausa     KWASSIP     HICA     TIC     Ajia-Bako     Babs Iwarere     Folorunsho Erubu     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Awili Pedro     Akorede     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Buhari     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Justina Oha     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     MalHub     N-Power     RTEAN     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Mohammed Yisa