Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has renamed the Onikan Stadium after the first Military Administrator of Lagos, late Brigadier Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson.
Sanwo-Olu announced the renaming of the stadium at the Day of Tribute for the late Johnson, who died on October 30th, 2019.
Sanwo-Olu described him as a distinguished man and a great patriot and an accomplished administrator who re-engineered the modern Lagos. He said Johnson, though a soldier, was never authoritarian and never ruled with an iron hand and that he ruled with a compassionate mind.