Acting President Leads Farewell to Adebayo, a Nigerian Army Original
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo; Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State; Dr. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labor and Employment; Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose, wife of Gov Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State; and Senetor Obafemi Ojodu; SAD on Political Matters, during the funeral service at All Saints Anglican Church, Iyin-Ekiti.Victor Ogunje in Ado EkitiAmid a flurry of tributes, Nigeria, saturday, bade farewell to Major General Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, former governor of the defunct Western Region and one of the nine indigenous Nigerian officers in the entire Royal West African Frontier Force.RWAFF was a multi-battalion field force formed by the British Colonial Office in 1900 to garrison the West African colonies of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia.Adebayo, who joined the RWAFF in 1948, was number seven (NA 7) among the nine indigenous…
