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Akintola Williams: From Sir Clifford to Tinubu, how lifetime of a centenarian traversed tenures of 10 Governors-General, 16 Commanders-in-Chief

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September 11, 2023
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Akintola Williams wanted to study Surveying, Actuarial Science but this man ‘changed his life forever’ (see name)

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Chief Akintola Williams was born on August 9, 1919. He died in his sleep on September 11, 2023. He was 104 years.
He was born when Britons were Colonial Lords in Nigeria and his lifetime witnessed the tenures of 10 Governors-General and 16 Commanders-in-Chief.
Below is the list:

*Sir Hugh Clifford
1919

*Sir Graeme Thomson
1925

*Sir Donald Cameron
1931

*Sir Bernard Bourdillon
1935

*Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh
1940

*Sir Alan Burns
1942

*Sir Arthur Richards
1943

*Sir John Macpherson
1954

*Sir James Wilson Robertson
1955

*Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
1960

*Sir Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa
1960

*Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi
1966

*General Yakubu Gowon
1966

*General Murtala Muhammed
1975

*General Olusegun Obasanjo
1976

*Alhaji Shehu Shagari
1979

*Major-General Muhammadu Buhari
1983

*General Ibrahim Babangida
1985

*Chief Ernest Shonekan
1993

*General Sani Abacha
1993

*General Abdulsalami Abubakar
1998

*Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
1999

*Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
2007

*Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
2010

*Major-General Muhammadu Buhari
2015

*Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
2023

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