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As Ogun State marks 45th anniversary, Governor Dapo Abiodun has taken a look into the contributions of his predecessors to the development of the State.
Abiodun recalled that on February 3, 1976, the then Military Head of State, Late General Muritala Muhammed, made a nationwide broadcast to announce the creation of Ogun State.
The Governor, while congratulating the people of the Gateway State, appreciated the contributions of the founding fathers and mothers, whose efforts he said culminated in the creation of the State.
Speaking on the contributions of his predecessor, he said, “Senator Ibikunle Amosun, my immediate predecessor in office and the fourth civilian Governor of the State approached the task of governance with zeal and determination to consolidate the gains of the past and chart a course for further infrastructural development of our dear State.”
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Apart from his scholarly activities at Odo-Otin Grammar School, Okuku, in the 60s, the young Prince Olagunsoye Adedapo Oyinlola was more of a hunter. Usually in the midst of friends on a hunting expedition, he would aim at a bird on a tree and hit the target with just a single shot from his catapult. The confidence in his shooting prowess and his love for military uniform gingered him to join the Nigerian Army in 1969 rather than accept his admission to Ahmadu Bello University as an undergraduate, after successfully completing his West African School Certificate examination in 1968. His eagerness and admiration for this disciplined profession further propelled him to join as a Private, rather than as an officer, as he posessed the requisite qualification. Once pencilled in as a batman for Brigadier General Raji Rasaki due to his usual appearance in well starched and properly ironed khaki uniform, this legal practitioner who became an orphan at the age of nine, through a
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