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JUST IN: Former Oyo Military Administrator Tunji Olurin Dies Aged 77

The former Military Administrator of Oyo State Brig-Gen. Tunji Olurin (rtd.) is dead, Glamtush reports.

According to family sources, Olurin died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the early hours of today, Saturday, August 21.

Olurin, a close political ally of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was 77 years-old.

This online platform understands that the deceased’s brother, Funso Olurin, disclosed this in Abeokuta on Saturday .

According to him, Olurin died after a brief illness.

Olurin, who was also a former Military Administrator of Ekiti State from October 8, 2006 until April 27, 2007, hailed from Ilaro in Ogun West Senatorial District of Ogun State.

Olurin, a Field Commander of ECOMOG Peacekeeping Force in Liberia from 1992 to 1993 during the First Liberian Civil War, retired from service in 1993.

He was the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in the 2011 general election in Ogun State.

 

 

 

Angela Davies

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