Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has renamed the Onikan Stadium at Lagos Island after the first military administrator of the state, Mobolaji Johnson.
Speaking on Tuesday at the Day of Tribute for the late Johnson at the newly refurbished Onikan Stadium, Mr Sanwo-Olu said the stadium would now be known as Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson Stadium.
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Johnson died on October 30 at age 83.
According to Sanwo-Olu, the late Johnson was a distinguished man, a great patriot and an accomplished administrator who re-engineered the modern Lagos.
The governor said that although Johnson was a soldier, he did not rule like one but with compassion.
Sanwo-Olu further described him as a great man with many parts, saying that the scope of his accomplishment was great and that he was a quintessential manager of resources.
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“He was always willing to offer the right counsel. He was a regular feature of most of the ground-breaking events in Lagos State. His indelible reward for service remained intact and without blame. The projects he executed are still visible today,” he said.
Also, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, described the late Johnson as a man of integrity.
