- President Buhari calls Nigeria once again, this time he called Niyi Adebayo in Ekiti state - The call was to commiserate with the former governor on the loss of his father - Femi Adesina, revealed the call on his Facebook page Niyi Adebayo received a call from President Buhari The Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina has announced on his official Facebook page that President Buhari made a call from London to former Ekiti state governor, Niyi Adebayo. The former governor had recently lost his father, the former governor of the defunct Western Region, Major-General Adeyinka Adebayo. President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday described the late former governor of the defunct Western Region, Major-General Adeyinka Adebayo, as a true patriot. "In a telephone call from London to the son of the late general and former governor of Ekiti State, Niyi Adebayo, the President lamented that Nigeria will surely miss the uncommon patriotism