BREAKING: Former Governor Of Oyo State Dead

Former military governor of Oyo State, General Adetunji Idowu Olurin, is dead.

The former governor was pronounced dead at the age of 78.

A family source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that Olurin died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

Details about the demise of the former governor of Oyo State remain sketchy as of the time of filing this report.

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General Olurin, an indigene of Ilaro in Ogun State, was born on December 3, 1944.

Olurin had his primary education at Christ Church School, Ilaro from 1951 -54; St. Paul’s School, Odo-Ona, Ibadan, 1955-57 and Local Government Authority Modern School, 1958.

He also attended Egbado College, Ilaro, 1959-64, Technical College (now The Polytechnic), Ibadan, 1966.

General Olurin, a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, attended the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, 1967-70; School of Infantry, Quetta, Pakistan,1973; Army Command and Staff College, Jaji, 1977-78.

He was also at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1989.

The former Oyo governor was appointed Battalion Commander, 1970-71; Brigade Major 1972-74; Instructor, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, 1974; Defence Adviser, Nigerian High Commission India, 1975-77.

Olurin was General Staff Officer I, Operations, Army Headquarters, Lagos, 1980-82; Colonel General Staff, Nigerian School of Infantry, 1982; Deputy Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, 1983-84; Commander, I Mechanised Infantry Brigade, 1984-85; appointed Military Governor, Oyo State, 1985- 88.

He was also the Director of Logistics, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Lagos, August 1988 – January 1989; Passed StaffCollege (PSC), 1978; National Decoration: Forces Service Star (1155); Foreign Decoration: United Nations Peace Medal (UNIFIL), 1979.

The former Oyo governor married Kehinde Oyeleye in 1975. The marriage is blessed with two sons.

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