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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Oladayo Popoola</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Military Governor of Oyo State</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1984 – August 1985</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dr. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Omololu_Olunloyo" title="Victor Omololu Olunloyo">Victor Omololu Olunloyo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Colonel <a href="/wiki/Adetunji_Idowu_Olurin" class="mw-redirect" title="Adetunji Idowu Olurin">Adetunji Idowu Olurin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Military Governor of Ogun State</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 1985 – 1986</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oladipo_Diya" title="Oladipo Diya">Oladipo Diya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raji_Alagbe_Rasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Raji Alagbe Rasaki">Raji Alagbe Rasaki</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-02-26</span>) </span>26 February 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_the_Nigerian_Army_Headquarters.svg/17px-Flag_of_the_Nigerian_Army_Headquarters.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_the_Nigerian_Army_Headquarters.svg/26px-Flag_of_the_Nigerian_Army_Headquarters.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_the_Nigerian_Army_Headquarters.svg/34px-Flag_of_the_Nigerian_Army_Headquarters.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Army" title="Nigerian Army">Nigerian Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria-Army-OF-7.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Nigeria-Army-OF-7.svg/20px-Nigeria-Army-OF-7.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" 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Governor of <a href="/wiki/Ogun_State" title="Ogun State">Ogun State</a> (August 1985 – 1986) during the military regime of General <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida" title="Ibrahim Babangida">Ibrahim Babangida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wstate_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wstate-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oladayo_Popoola&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oladayo Popoola was born on 26 February 1944. He completed his secondary education in <a href="/wiki/Ikire" title="Ikire">Ikire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osun_State" title="Osun State">Osun State</a>. He joined the army and moved up steadily through the ranks, becoming deputy defense adviser at the Nigerian High Commission, India, director at the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Command_and_Staff_College,_Jaji" title="Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji">Staff College, Jaji</a>, and Chief of Administration and Chief of Logistics Army Headquarters. He was appointed military governor of Oyo State in January 1984 and governor of Ogun State in August 1985. He was a member of the Provisional Ruling Council.<sup id="cite_ref-ogbomoso_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogbomoso-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nigeria and Cameroon disputed ownership of the <a href="/wiki/Bakassi_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakassi Peninsula">Bakassi Peninsula</a>, thought to hold major oil reserves, with sporadic fighting starting in 1994. In November 1998, Nigeria and Cameroon exchanged prisoners of war. As commander of Nigerian forces in the region (82 Mechanised Division, Enugu), General Oladayo Popoola said the exchange was made in the "spirit of reconciliation in our countries".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dindep227_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dindep227-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While in the army, Popoola studied law at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Lagos" title="University of Lagos">University of Lagos</a> as a part-time student, obtaining an <a href="/wiki/LL.B." class="mw-redirect" title="LL.B.">LL.B.</a> degree. Later he attended the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Law_School" title="Nigerian Law School">Nigerian Law School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a> and became a Barrister at Law.<sup id="cite_ref-ogbomoso_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogbomoso-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dindep227_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dindep227-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1999, he was chair of the Presidential Committee on Development Options for the Niger Delta, which recommended increased funds for infrastructural development and establishment of a Niger Delta Consultative Council.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Popoola voluntarily retired from the army at the start of the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Fourth_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Fourth Republic">Nigerian Fourth Republic</a>, unlike other former military governors and administrators that were compulsorily retired from service. 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