Olagunsoye Oyinlola

Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla
Olagunsoye Oyinlola (left) with Femi Fani-Kayode at a reception in 2007
Administrator of Lagos State
In office December 1993 – August 1996
Preceded by	Michael Otedola
Succeeded by	Mohammed Buba Marwa
Governor of Osun State
In office May 2003 – 26 November 2010
Preceded by	Adebisi Akande
Succeeded by	Rauf Aregbesola
Personal details
Born	February 3, 1951 Okuku, Odo Ọtin LGA, Ọṣun State
Nationality	Nigerian
Political party	APC

Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla, alias , (born February 3, 1951) became governor of Osun State in Nigeria in May 2003, and was reelected in 2007. He was a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). On 26 November 2010 a court of appeals nullified his election. He later defected to the APC shortly before the 2014 Osun State governorship election.

Prince Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla was born on February 3, 1951 into a noble family in Okuku, in the Odo Ọtin Local Government Area of Ọṣun State. His father, Moses Oyewole Oyinlola, was the traditional ruler (Ọba) of Okuku, reigning from 1934 to 1960.

After leaving secondary school at the age of 18, Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla enlisted in the army in 1969. While in the army, Oyinlọla obtained leave to attend the University of Ife, where he obtained a Diploma in International Relations in 1979. He also obtained a Master of Science in Defense Studies in 1988 from the University of Madras, India. In 1999, Oyinlọla obtained a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan. In 2003 he obtained a law degree from Buckingham University, United Kingdom. In April 2004, the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso made him an honorary Doctor of Civil Law. In April 2006, the Federal University of Technology, Minna, made him an honorary Doctor of Science. He has also been conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws (Osun State University, 2009), LL.D (Honoris Causa) University of Buckingham - 2005; and honorary Doctor of Civil Laws (Lead City University Ibadan - 2010)

Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla enlisted in the Nigerian Army as a Signals corps private in 1969. He attended the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and was commissioned as an officer in 1971, into the Armoured Corps of the Nigerian Army. He 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. He served as Troop Leader, Squadron Leader, Battalion Commander, Brigade Commander, Acting General Officer Commanding and Military Administrator. He participated in the United Nations Peace-Keeping exercises in Chad in 1983 and Somalia in 1993.