{"id":735102,"date":"2019-10-31T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/mobolaji-johnson-former-governor-of-lagos-dies-at-83\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:29:50","slug":"mobolaji-johnson-former-governor-of-lagos-dies-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/mobolaji-johnson-former-governor-of-lagos-dies-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobolaji Johnson, Former Governor Of Lagos, Dies At 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Brigadier General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, first Military Governor of Lagos State has been confirmed dead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_720103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-720103\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-720103\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PIX-3661.jpg\" alt=\"Mobolaji Johnson \" width=\"444\" height=\"518\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-720103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former military governor of Lagos State, Mobolaji Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This report was confirmed by his son, Deji, who revealed that the retired soldier passed on some hours ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0Beggar With Fake Injury Caught In Lagos [Video]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The late Johnson was appointed as the military Administrator by the military Head of State, Major Gen. Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, and later, governor of Lagos State by his successor, Gen. Yakubu Gowon.<\/p>\n<p>He served in that capacity between 1966 and 1975 when he was compulsorily retired by former Head of State, Gen. Murtala Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brigadier General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, first Military Governor of Lagos State has been confirmed dead. Former military governor of Lagos State, Mobolaji Johnson This report was confirmed by his son, Deji, who revealed that the retired soldier passed on some hours ago. Also Read:\u00a0Beggar With Fake Injury Caught In Lagos [Video] The late Johnson was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":735103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-735102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mobolaji Johnson, Former Governor Of Lagos, Dies At 83 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/mobolaji-johnson-former-governor-of-lagos-dies-at-83\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mobolaji Johnson, Former Governor Of Lagos, Dies At 83 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Brigadier General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, first Military Governor of Lagos State has been confirmed dead. 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