On entry into politics, Funsho Williams organised a political structure so formidable and entwined around himself that to stop it required the cutting down of the man himself by those who felt threatened...
, one of the foremost indigenous politicians Lagos has produced. Eight years after his assassination, Justice Adebajo released the six suspects accused of his murder most of whom were security attachés and domestic servants of the deceased. Justice Adebajo held that the prosecution had not established a prima facie case against them. He said the charges of conspiracy and murder against the defendants were “weak and superficial.
Retiring as a Permanent Secretary, he went into private business, serving on the boards of construction giants such as Julius Berger and Cappa and D’Alberto before being called upon again under the tenure of Col. Olagunsoye Oyinlola to serve as a Commissioner for Works. He was indeed declared the winner of the primaries but the results were manipulated and both he and Pa Dawodu were persuaded to allow the eventual governor run instead, as one of those who had been a part of the anti-Abacha movement via NADECO. A few elders dispute that involvement – but that’s a story for another day.
Williams was the candidate of the PDP but Bola Tinubu became more of a frontline campaigner for Obasanjo than Funsho under the guise of Yoruba solidarity.
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