Major General Adeyinka Adebayo dies at 89. Robert Adeyinka Adebayo was the former governor of the now defunct Western State of Nigeria, 1966 – 1971
He was one of the founders/Vice Chairman of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) (1979 -1983).
His eldest son Otunba Niyi Adebayo was a governor of Ekiti State from 1999 to 2003 under the banner of Alliance for Democracy (AD).
He died this morning at the age of 89.
Life well spent, he would have turned exactly 89 tomorrow, March 8
May his soul rest in peace, amen.