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Oyinlola: An Officer And Statesman


Sina Ogunbambo pays tribute to Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former governor of Lagos State, at age 70
Apart from his scholarly activities at Odo – Otin Grammar School, Okuku, in the 60’s, the young Prince Olagunsoye Adedapo Oyinlola was more of a hunter. Usually in the midst of friends on a hunting expedition, he will 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. ....

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Oyinlola, quintessential officer and statesman at 70


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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, thro ....

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