Mobolaji Johnson
| Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson | |
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| Military Governor of Lagos State | |
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In office 28 May 1967 – July 1975 |
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| Succeeded by | Adekunle Lawal |
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| Born | 9 February 1936 Lagos |
| Alma mater | Reagan Memorial Baptist School Hussey College Warri Mons Officer Cadet School R.M.A Sandhurst |
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| Allegiance |
 Nigeria
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| Service/branch |
 Nigerian Army
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| Years of service | 1959 –1975 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson (born February 9, 1936) is a retired Nigerian Army Brigadier and former military Governor of Lagos State from May 1967 to July 1975 during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon. As Governor of Lagos, his administration supervised the unpopular demolition of Ajele Cemetery in the early 1970s.
Johnson was born to the family of Joshua Motola Johnson and his wife, Gbemisola Johnson (née Dudley-Coker), his father was of Egba, heritage and was a member of the Royal West African Frontier Force during World War II. His grandfather's last name was previously Osholero but he changed it to Johnson after the priest who converted him to Christianity. The Johnson family moved to Lagos during the early parts of the twentieth century. Johnson had five other siblings including his brother, Femi Johnson, founder of Femi Johnson and Company of Ibadan. Mobolaji Johnson started his education at Reagean Memorial Baptist School, Yaba, Methodist School in 1941. He then attended Hussey College, Warri, 1954. In 1955, he moved to Methodist Boys High School Lagos, the School his father attended, where he finished his secondary education in 1957. While in MBHS, Lagos, Mobolaji was a good all-round sports man. In 1959 Mobolaji attended the Officer Cadet Training School in Ghana. Mobolaji Johnson also attended the Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, United Kingdom, between 1960-1961.
At the end of the famed Biafra War, Mobolaji Johnson was amongst the federal delegates at the end of the war ceremony. In 1966, after the abortive coup d'etat that put paid to the first Nigerian civilian administration, he became Military Administrator of Lagos State. In 1967 he became the First Governor of Lagos State. Mobolaji's tenure as Military Governor of Lagos State saw the building of major infrastructure in Lagos State.
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