Former Military Administrator of Ekiti and Gombe States, Col. Mohammed Inuwa Bawa (rtd) has died at the age of 67.
The former intelligence officer and governorship aspirant in his home
state of Kebbi, died on Friday due to complications from a surgery he
had in Jos, Plateau State.
Barrister Aliyu Musa Yawuri, cousin of the deceased said the late
Bawa had suffered from typhoid which affected his intestine and
warranted surgery.
Yawuri said the deceased had died at FOMAS hospital at Millionaires
Quarters in Jos and is survived by one wife and eight children.
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the death of Bawa.
He described the passing as shocking and a great loss to the people of the state.
The governor in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary,
Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, said the news came at a time the
state just finished mourning the late military governor of the old
Western Region, Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo (Retd.).
Fayose said, “Bawa came to Ekiti at a time we needed a man like him
for the take-off of the state and despite the odds he met on ground as
the first Military Administrator of the state, he practically squeezed
water out of stone to lay a solid foundation for Ekiti.
“The late Colonel Inuwa Bawa braved the odds as the pioneer governor
of our dear state to lay a very solid foundation on which others have
been building.
“It is an understatement to say he worked assiduously for the
progress of our state, he did work tirelessly for our state and its
take-off.
“Despite the hitches associated with someone pioneering the take-off
of a state, he was able to harness the human resources of the state to
give the people the encouragement and motivation needed for the
sustenance of the state.”
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