Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, a former governor of Kwara State, has died at the age of 84.
A close family associate confirmed that Adebayo passed on in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja.
Born on February 24, 1941, in Igbaja, Kwara State, Adebayo was a seasoned politician and academic whose career spanned decades. He was elected senator in 1979 under the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) and briefly served as governor of Kwara State in 1983 before the military coup of that year.
In later years, he held the position of Minister of Communications from 2003 to 2006 during the Obasanjo administration.
He is a key member of the pro-democracy group NADECO. Reports also revealed that he declined an offer to serve in General Sani Abacha’s military government in 1993.
