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Olayinka Sule

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Olayinka Sule
Administrator of Jigawa State
In office
28 August 1991 – 1 January 1992
AsíwájúIdris Garba (Kano State))
Arọ́pòAli Sa'ad Birnin-Kudu

Olayinka Sule jẹ́ ọmọ orílẹ-èdè Nàìjíríà àti gómìnà Ìpínlẹ̀ Jigawa tẹ́lẹ̀, tí a bí ní ọjọ́ Kẹrin oṣù Karùn ún ọdún 1948 [1][2] jẹ́ ajagun fẹ̀yìntì [3] tí ó kú ní ọdún 2020.


– 23 August 2020) was the Administrator of Jigawa State, Nigeria from August 1991 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

In 1983 Lt. Colonel Sule was military attache to the permanent mission of Nigeria to the United Nations.[1] Promoted to Colonel, Sule was the first Administrator of Jigawa State, Nigeria after it was formed from part of Kano State in August 1991. He handed over to the elected civilian governor Ali Sa'ad Birnin-Kudu in January 1992 at the start of the Nigerian Third Republic.[2] In 1996 he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 1st Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army.[3] He retired from the army that year.[citation needed]

After his retirement, he became captain of the Ikeja Golf Club.[4] He was an excellent golf player, winning several tournaments.[5][6]

  1. Mac Alabi (1983). Elections 1983. Daily Times. p. 257. 
  2. Àṣìṣe ìtọ́kasí: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named wstate
  3. West Africa, Issues 4098-4114. Afrimedia International. 1996. p. 890. 
  4. Pius Anakali (2003-02-09). "Anozie, Alamu Win Guinness Tourney". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-05-30. [Ìjápọ̀ tí kò ṣiṣẹ́ mọ́]
  5. "Sule wins Wuraola Ojo golf meet". The Punch. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2010-05-30. [Ìjápọ̀ tí kò ṣiṣẹ́ mọ́]
  6. "Guinness Excite Golfers in 2010 Tourney". Daily Champion. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-30. 

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