Olayinka Sule information

Olayinka Sule
Olayinka Sule
Administrator of Jigawa State
	In office; 28 August 1991 – 1 January 1992
Preceded by	Idris Garba (Kano State)
Succeeded by	Ali Sa'ad Birnin-Kudu
Personal details
Born	4 May 1948; Ogun state, Nigeria
Died	23 August 2020 (aged 72); Lagos, Nigeria

Brigadier General (retired) Olayinka Sule (4 May 1948^[1]^[2] – 23 August 2020) was the Administrator of Jigawa State, Nigeria from August 1991 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.^[3]^[4]

In 1983 Lt. Colonel Sule was military attache to the permanent mission of Nigeria to the United Nations.^[5] 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.^[3] In 1996 he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 1st Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army.^[6] He retired from the army that year.^{[citation needed]}

After his retirement, he became captain of the Ikeja Golf Club.^[7] He was an excellent golf player, winning several tournaments.^[8]^[9]

^ "SULE, Major-General Mueen Olayinka (RTD.)". 24 March 2017.
^ "Index St-Sz".
^ ^a ^b "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
^ "Past Governors". Jigawa State Government. 1991-08-28. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^ Mac Alabi (1983). Elections 1983. Daily Times. p. 257.
^ West Africa, Issues 4098-4114. Afrimedia International. 1996. p. 890.
^ Pius Anakali (2003-02-09). "Anozie, Alamu Win Guinness Tourney". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
^ "Sule wins Wuraola Ojo golf meet". The Punch. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
^ "Guinness Excite Golfers in 2010 Tourney". Daily Champion. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-30.

[1] "SULE, Major-General Mueen Olayinka (RTD.)". 24 March 2017.

[2] "Index St-Sz".

[wstate-3] "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-05-30.

[Jigawa_State_Government_1991-4] "Past Governors". Jigawa State Government. 1991-08-28. Retrieved 2023-06-10.

[5] Mac Alabi (1983). Elections 1983. Daily Times. p. 257.

[6] West Africa, Issues 4098-4114. Afrimedia International. 1996. p. 890.

[7] Pius Anakali (2003-02-09). "Anozie, Alamu Win Guinness Tourney". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-05-30.

[8] "Sule wins Wuraola Ojo golf meet". The Punch. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2010-05-30.

[9] "Guinness Excite Golfers in 2010 Tourney". Daily Champion. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-30.

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Olayinka Sule

Administrator of Jigawa State
In office 28 August 1991 – 1 January 1992
Preceded by	Idris Garba (Kano State)
Succeeded by	Ali Sa'ad Birnin-Kudu

Personal details
Born	4 May 1948 Ogun state, Nigeria
Died	23 August 2020 (aged 72) Lagos, Nigeria