lt. col. banjo was the first military governor of lagos state.
lt. col. banjo was the first military governor of lagos state.
who was the first military governor of lagos state?
lt. col. banjo
brigadier mobolaji johnson, military governor of lagos state demolished ajele cemetery in december 1971 in order to situate the lagos state secretariat. the demolition met with a lot of criticism and many historians and commentators noted the loss of valuable history. prof j.d.y. peel noted that the demolition had deprived ""lagosians not only of a precious green space in the heart of the city but of the memorials of their forebears"". nobel laureate wole soyinka called the demolition ""the violation of that ancestral place" noting that "the order came from the military governor: 'dig up those dead and forgotten ancestors and plant a modern council building - with all its lucrative corollaries on that somnolent spot"."
ajele cemetery
lagos state senior model college badore (formerly lagos state model college badore) is a state owned secondary school located in badore village, eti-osa local government area of lagos state. it is situated within the same compound as the junior school. it was founded in 1988, along with four other model colleges under the military administration of captain [[okhai mike akhigbe ,the then military governor of lagos state.the college which was established along with four others took off at government college,ketu, epe. the other four model colleges include igbonla, kankon, meiran and igbokuta. from the period 1988-1992, the colleges were given necessary foundation and focus on their mission as pacesetters in academics and co-curricular endeavours. students at the sister model college igbonla won laurels in programmes by the directorate of food roads and rural infrastructure (dfrri), the all nigeria confederation of principals of secondary schools (ancopss) and several other competitions. for example, a student from the igbonla college won the ancopss national essay competition in 1992. the foundation principal for igbonla, mr. james akinola paseda, doubled as the co-ordinating principal for the five model colleges at inception in february 1988. the foundation principal for badore was mrs arinze while the vice-principal was mr. b.o. williams.
lagos state model college badore