Governor AbdulRazaq, Emir of Ilorin mourn ex-military administrator Latinwo

The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has commiserated with the people of the state, especially Offa community, over the death of a former military administrator of the state, retired Group Captain Salaudeen Adebola Latinwo.

The governor made this known in a statement issued and signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye on Saturday, where he called the death a sad occurrence and a big void in the crop of great statesmen whose well of wisdom and experience is invaluable.

Latinwo, one of the pioneering elite officer cadets recruited into the Nigerian Air Force in 1963, was born in Offa. He rose through the ranks and later becaome the military administrator of Kwara State in the Muhammadu Buhari years.

“On behalf of the AbdulRazaqs, the government and people of Kwara State, the Governor sends his heartfelt condolences to the family of the late military administrator, the Offa community, and the military establishment on this development,” the statement reads.

“The Governor prays to Allah to repose the soul of the former leader in Al-jannah and uphold his family and the community he left behind.”

In a related development, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, described the demise of the former military governor of the state, Group Captain Salaudeen Latinwo (rtd) as a great loss to the state and the nation at large.

Alhaji Sulu-Gambari, who said the tenure of the deceased coincided with his own installation as the Ciroma of Ilorin in 1984 by the late 9th Emir of Ilorin, Shehu Zulqarnaini Muhammadu Gambari further confirmed that late Latinwo was a gallant Air Force officer who governed the state of harmony diligently.

The Emir made this known in a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Malam Abdulazeez Arowona, on Saturday.

He further described Latinwo as an advocate of War Against Indiscipline and Corruption which was the hallmark of the Buhari/Idiagbon-led military government in the country.

While commiserating with the family of the ex-military governor, the entire people of the ancient city of Offa, particularly the Olofa of Offa, Oba Muhammad Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye II, and people of Kwara State over the demise of the prominent elder statesman, the Emir prayed for Allah to grant him absolute forgiveness, accept his good deeds and admit him into Al-janatul firdaus.

The late ex-military governor of the State, died in the early hours of Saturday (today) at a health facility in the United Kingdom after a protracted sickness. He was 80years.