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Fondly called Baba Kekere, Jakande was the governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983 on the platform of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). He later became Minister of Works during the Sani Abacha military regime between 1993 and 1998. Jakande, who was also a veteran journalist, was born in Epetedo Area of Lagos State on July 23, 1923, to parents from Omu-Aran in Kwara. He studied at Lagos Public School at Enu-Owa, Lagos Island, then at Burnham Memorial Methodist School, Port Harcourt from 1934 to 1943. He also studied at King's College, Lagos in 1943 and then went to Ilesa Grammar Sc...

OBITUARY: Jakande: Exit of Baba Kekere, man who transformed Lagos Lateef Jakande, the former Lagos State governor, died on Thursday at the age of 91. 6 min read The remains of Lateef Jakande, the first elected governor of Lagos State and a former minister of works, were interred at the Vaults and Gardens Cemetery, Ikoyi on Friday. The event marked the exit of the last of the five governors elected on the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) at the beginning of the short-lived Nigerian Second Republic in 1979. He died on Thursday at the age of 91. In his days as governo...