1. Olagunsoye Oyinlola was born on 3 February 1951 and is a retired Nigerian general, he became governor of Osun State, Nigeria in May 2003, and was reelected in 2007.
20 Facts About Olagunsoye Oyinlola
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola later defected to the APC shortly before the 2014 Osun State governorship election.
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Omoba Olagunsoye Oyinlola was born on 3 February 1951 into a royal family in Okuku, in the Odo Otin Local Government Area of Osun State.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola obtained a Master of Science in Defense Studies in 1988 from the University of Madras, India.
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In 1999, Olagunsoye Oyinlola obtained a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola has been conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws, LL.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola enlisted in the Nigerian Army as a Signals corps private in 1969.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola attended the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and was commissioned as an officer in 1971, into the Armoured Corps of the Nigerian Army.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola 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.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola served as Troop Leader, Squadron Leader, Battalion Commander, Brigade Commander, Acting General Officer Commanding and Military Administrator.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola participated in the United Nations Peace-Keeping exercises in Chad in 1983 and Somalia in 1993.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola was appointed the military administrator of Lagos State from December 1993 till August 1996, during the subsequent administration of General Sani Abacha.
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In September 2009, a spokesman for the United Action for Democracy accused Olagunsoye Oyinlola of being the 'chief conspirator' in the alleged murder.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola retired with the rank of Brigadier-General in 1999.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola appointed Fatai Akinade Akinbade as State Secretary in 2003.
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In July 2009, Olagunsoye Oyinlola banned Igbo people in Osun state from parading themselves as Eze Ndigbo, in order to protect the Igbo culture and traditional institution from ridicule.
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In September 2009, Olagunsoye Oyinlola opened a ceremony at which Modakeke traditional ruler, Oba Francis Adedoyin, was crowned.
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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.
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Olagunsoye Oyinlola is a former chairman of the board of the National Identity Management Commission having been appointed in 2017.