BREAKING: 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 the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN).


Adebayo was a member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), which played a key role in the pro-democracy movement to restore the mandate given to MKO Abiola in the June 12, 1993 presidential election..…..For More READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶