Report reaching Blueprint reveals that first military Governor of Lagos state Brig-Gen. Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson is dead.
He died on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at the age of 83.
The late Johnson’s son Deji, confirmed that the retired soldier passed on later on Wednesday.
Johnson was born on February 9, 1936, to the family of Joshua Motola Johnson and his wife, Gbemisola Johnson (née Dudley-Coker).
The late Johnson was appointed as the military Administrator by the military Head of State, Major Gen. Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi.
Gen. Yakubu Gowon who succeeded Ironsi appointed him as governor of Lagos state. Johnson was in office between May 28, 1967 and July 1975.
He retired from the Nigerian Army in 1975 and went into private business. He became a director of Julius Berger Nigeria in 1979 and its chairman in 1996. He held the position until 2009.
