US EditionFormer Kwara governor, Cornelius Adebayo is dead
- Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, who previously served as a senator, governor of Kwara State, and Minister of Communications, passed away in Abuja at 84 years old on Wednesday morning.
- He began his political journey in 1975 as Kwara State Commissioner for Education and later secured a Senate seat in 1979 representing the Unity Party of Nigeria during the country’s Second Republic.
- Adebayo briefly governed Kwara State in 1983 until the military takeover that ended the Second Republic, and he later became part of NADECO, opposing the invalidation of the presidential vote held on June 12, 1993.
- In 1995, following a bomb explosion in Ilorin, Adebayo and fellow members of NADECO were detained and interrogated by authorities, and mounting military persecution led him to briefly seek refuge in Canada the next year.
- He held the position of Nigeria’s Minister of Communications between 2003 and 2006, and his death led to tributes that honored him as a committed public servant and devoted patriot.
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Ex-Kwara Gov Cornelius Adebayo dies at 84 - Daily Trust
A former Governor of Kwara State and ex-Minister of Communications, Chief Cornelius Adebayo, is dead. He was 84. The elder statesman died in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja, it was learnt. Born on February 24, 1941, in Igbaja, present-day Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, the former governor was said to have been sick lately due to age related issues. Nasarawa gov names projects after Tinubu 2027 won’t be business as usual – …
Former Kwara governor, Cornelius Adebayo is dead
Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, a former senator and ex-governor of Kwara State, is dead. According to family sources who spoke to TheCable, Adebayo passed away early Wednesday morning in Abuja. He was 84 years old. Born on February 24, 1941, in the Igbaja community of Kwara State, Adebayo served as governor of the state in 1983. He also served as Minister of Communications from 2003 to 2006 and was elected as a senator in 1979 on the platform of th…
A True Statesman – Tinubu Mourns Cornelius Adebayo
June 25, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, mourned the passing of a former Governor of Kwara State, Cornelius Adebayo. THEWILL reports that Chief Adebayo died on Wednesday morning in Abuja. In a tribute to the deceased, President Tinubu described the former Minister of Communications as a true statesman. He said, “I received the […] The post A True Statesman – Tinubu Mourns Cornelius Adebayo appeared first on THEWILL NEWS MEDIA.
UNILORIN VC mourns ex-Kwara Governor, Adebayo
The Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, has commiserated with the government and people of Kwara State over the death of a former Kwara State Governor,Cornelius Adebayo. Adebayo was Governor of Kwara State between October 1 and December 31, 1983; he died on Wednesday following old age-related illness at 84 years old. The Vice-Chancellor, in a statement by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, o…
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