BREAKING: Former Nigerian Governor Is Dead (Photo)

Former Nigerian Governor is dead.

 

Newsonline reports that the former military governor of Oyo State, General Adetunji Idowu Olurin is dead.

 

This online newspaper reliably gathered that Adetunji Idowu Olurin died at 76.

 

 

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

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.

 

Olurin, a former governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party 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.

He 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, OyoState, 1985- 88; Director of Logistics, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Lagos, August 1988 – January 1989; Passed staff college (PSC), 1978; National Decoration: Forces Service Star (1155); Foreign Decoration: United Nations Peace Medal (UNIFIL), 1979;

He was married to Kehinde Oyeleye in 1975, with two sons.