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Former Oyo Military Governor, Gen Olurin, Dies At 76
Former military governor of Oyo State, General Adetunji Idowu Olurin (rtd.), is dead.
The septuagenarian, born on December 3, 1944, was an indigene of Ilaro, in Ogun State.
A family source said that Olurin died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
Details about his death were still sketchy at the time of filing this report.
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.