Olagunsoye Oyinlola
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Ọlágúnsóyè Oyinlọlá | |
|---|---|
 Olagunsoye Oyinlola (left) with Femi Fani-Kayode at a reception in 2007 | |
| Governor of Osun State | |
| In office 29 May 2003 – 26 November 2010 | |
| Deputy | Olusola Obada |
| Preceded by | Adebisi Akande |
| Succeeded by | Rauf Aregbesola |
| Military Governor of Lagos State | |
| In office December 1993 – August 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Patrick Aziza |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Buba Marwa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1951 |
| Party | African Democratic Congress |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nigeria |
| Branch/service |  Nigerian Army |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla ⓘ (born 3 February 1951) is a retired Nigerian military general, who became governor of Osun State, Nigeria in May 2003, and was reelected in 2007. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).[1]
On 26 November 2010 a court of appeals nullified his election.[2] He later defected to the APC shortly before the 2014 Osun State governorship election. He was former military administrator of Lagos State.
Omoba Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla was born on 3 February 1951 into a royal family in Okuku, in the Odo Ọtin Local Government Area of Ọṣun State. His father, Moses Oyewole Oyinlola, was the traditional ruler (Ọba) of Okuku, reigning from 1934 to 1960.[1]
After leaving secondary school at the age of 18, Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla enlisted in the army in 1969.[3]
While in the army, Oyinlọla obtained leave to attend the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University),[4] where he obtained a Diploma in International Relations in 1979. He also obtained a Master of Science in Defense Studies in 1988 from the University of Madras, India. In 1999, Oyinlọla obtained a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan. In 2003, he obtained a law degree from Buckingham University, United Kingdom.
In April 2004, the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso made him an honorary Doctor of Civil Law. In April 2006, the Federal University of Technology, Minna, made him an honorary Doctor of Science.[1] He has also been conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws (Osun State University, 2009), LL.D (Honoris Causa) University of Buckingham - 2005; and honorary Doctor of Civil Laws (Lead City University Ibadan - 2010).[citation needed]
Military career
Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla enlisted in the Nigerian Army as a Signals corps private in 1969. He attended the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and was commissioned as an officer in 1971, into the Armoured Corps of the Nigerian Army.
He later trained at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, the National War College, Abuja and various military institutions and academies in India, United Kingdom and the United States.
He served as Troop Leader, Squadron Leader, Battalion Commander, Brigade Commander, Acting General Officer Commanding and Military Administrator. He participated in the United Nations Peace-Keeping exercises in Chad in 1983 and Somalia in 1993.[5]
During the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985–1993), he was either a staff officer or a commander of an armoured unit.[6]
He was appointed the military administrator of Lagos State from December 1993 till August 1996, during the subsequent administration of General Sani Abacha.[5]
In June 1996, Kudirat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election Chief MKO Abiola, was assassinated on the road between his office and that of the Canadian High Commission. In September 2009, a spokesman for the United Action for Democracy (UAD) accused Oyinlola of being the 'chief conspirator' in the alleged murder.[7]
He retired with the rank of Brigadier-General in 1999.[5]
