The first military governor of Lagos State, Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson, is dead.
He died on Wednesday evening aged 83 years.
The late Johnson served as Military Governor of Lagos State, between 1967 and July 1975, under the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.
As Governor of Lagos, his administration supervised the unpopular demolition of the Ajele Cemetery in the early 1970s.
According to Wikipedia, Johnson was born to the family of Joshua Motola Johnson and his wife, Gbemisola Johnson (née Dudley-Coker).
His father, Egba heritage, was a member of the Royal West African Frontier Force during the World War II.
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However, the family moved to Lagos during the early parts of the 20th century.
Mobolaji Johnson began his education at Reagan Memorial Baptist School, Yaba, in 1941 from where he went to Hussey College, Warri, in 1954.
In 1955, he moved to Methodist Boys High School Lagos, and finished his secondary school education in 1957.
He attended the Officer Cadet Training School in Ghana in 1959.
He also attended the Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, United Kingdom, between 1960-1961.
