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Biography of Olagunsoye Oyinlola

Olagunsoye Oyinlola

?lagunsoye Oyinl?la alias Omoba was born on February 3, 1951 into a noble family in Okuku, in the Odo ?tin Local Government Area of ??un State. His father, Moses

Oyewole Oyinlola, was the traditional ruler (?ba) of Okuku, and he reigned from 1934 to 1960.

After his secondary School Education, ?lagunsoye Oyinl?la enlisted in the Nigerian army in 1969. While in the army, he obtained leave to attend the University of Ife, 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, Oyinl?la obtained a Masters 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. 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)

?lagunsoye Oyinl?la enlisted in the Nigerian Army as a Signals corps private in 1969. He thereafter 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 Somali in 1993.

During General Ibrahim Babangida?s administration which was from 1985?1993, he was either a staff officer or a commander of an armoured unit. He was appointed the military administrator of Lagos State from December, 1993 till August 1996, during the subsequent administration of General Sani Abacha.

In April 2003 ?lagunsoye Oyinl?la was elected governor of Osun State under the platform of the People?s Democratic Party (PDP). He was reelected in April 2007. He appointed Fatai Akinade Akinbade as State Secretary in 2003. Akinbade was later to be a contender to succeed Oyinlola as governor. In an interview in November 2003, ?lagunsoye Oyinl?la spoke in favor of increased education in Yoruba, even up to the university level. When asked about the Afenifere movement, he stated that he would join if it were purely an association of Yorubas, but not if it was just another name for the Alliance for Democracy (AD) party.

In July 2009, Olagunsoye Oyinlola banned Igbo people in Osun state from parading themselves as Eze Ndigbo (king of Igbo), in order to protect the Igbo culture and traditional institution from ridicule. At the same time, he sought constitutional responsibilities for traditional rulers in the country. In September 2009, Oyinlola opened a ceremony at which Modakeke traditional ruler, Oba Francis Adedoyin, was crowned.

After the 2007 election, the Action Congress governorship candidate, Rauf Aregbesola filed a petition with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against his victory. The tribunal rejected his petition. Aregbesola appealed the decision, leading to a fresh hearing in June 2009.

On 26 November, 2010 the Court of Appeal in Ibadan presided over by Justice Clara Ogunbiyi ruled that Olagunsoye Oyinlola had not won the 2007 election and that the Action Congress candidate Rauf Aregbesola should be sworn in as governor. He however, later defected to the All Progressive Congress(APC) shortly before the 2014 Osun State governorship election.

In October, 2015, he was named as one of the Ministerial Nominees to be screened by the National Assembly under the President Buhari led administration.

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