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Jakande: “He is the inspirational father of modern Lagos State” – Tinubu

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the first civilian governor of the state, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, as the ‘last of the political titans’.

AS Tinubu, who was governor of Lagos between 1999 and 2007, made the remark in a condolence statement on Thursday in Lagos.

Alhaji Jakande died in the early hours of Thursday at 91.

Asiwaju Tinubu’s statement, titled “We Celebrate, Not Mourn Jakande,” said: “Today, we lost a great soul. Pa Lateef Kayode Jakande exemplified the best of Lagos and Nigeria...