For the Nigerian footballer, see Mohammed Lawal (footballer).
Rear Admiral
Mohammed Alabi Lawal
Governor of Kwara State
In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003
Preceded by
Rasheed Shekoni
Succeeded by
Bukola Saraki
Military Governor of Ogun State
In office December 1987 – August 1990
Preceded by
Raji Alagbe Rasaki
Succeeded by
Oladeinde Joseph
Personal details
Born
24 January 1946 Ilorin[1]
Died
15 November 2006(2006-11-15) (aged 60)
Nationality
Nigerian
Military service
Allegiance
Nigeria
Branch/service
Nigerian Navy
Rank
Rear Admiral
Mohammed Alabi Lawal (Yoruba pronunciationⓘ; 24 January 1946 – 15 November 2006) was a Nigerian naval officer who was military governor of Ogun State between December 1987 and August 1990 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida.[2] He was one of the pioneers of the Nigeria Navy Secondary School Abeokuta.The then Navy Captain Mohammed Lawal, invited the Nigerian Navy to consider a location of the defunct St Leo's Teachers' Training College at Ibara Abeokuta (www.nnssab.net)on a hilly Onikolobo site. This premises had been abandoned and merely serve as a route to the Catholic Compound and was also used for administering a newly conceived secondary school in that name. The Nigerian Navy considered the site and found it suitable. After the return to democracy in 1999 he was elected governor of Kwara State, holding office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003.[3][4]
During the 1999 Kwara State gubernatorial election, Lawal was elected governor under the umbrella of the All Peoples Party (APP).[5] He was said to be a protégé of Senator Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. Saraki later moved to the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[6]
Lawal initiated a N250 million libel action against a paper The People's Advocate based in Ilorin, published by Abdulkareem Adisa but later withdrew the suit after the two men were reconciled.[7]
In the 2003 Kwara State gubernatorial election, he ran for reelection but lost as his previous supporter Abubakar Saraki backed his son Bukola Saraki as candidate for governor of Kwara state and his daughter Gbemisola R. Saraki as senator for Kwara State Central, both of whom were elected.[8]
In October 2006, it was reported that Nuhu Ribadu, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was investigating Lawal for alleged diversion of funds.[9]
Lawal died in a London hospital after a brief illness in November 2006.[10][11]
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^Hammed Shittu (5 May 2009). "Kwara - Why Saraki Holds the Aces". ThisDay. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
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