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Kayode Olofin-Moyin

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Kayode Olofin-Moyin
Administrator of Ogun State
In office
22 August 1996 – August 1998
Preceded bySam Ewang
Succeeded byOlusegun Osoba

Navy Captain Kayode Olofin-Moyin was appointed Military Administrator of Ogun State, Nigeria from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over power to the elected governor Olusegun Osoba at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic.[1] He built a new Governors Lodge for Ogun State, opened on 27 April 1999 just before the handover to the civilian governor.[2]

In November 2002 his house in Victoria Island, Lagos was gutted and destroyed by fire.[3] In April 2008 when arriving at London, Heathrow airport Olofin-Moyin was suspected of carrying drugs, and was arrested and detained for two days at the airport before being released.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Nigeria States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  2. ^ Bamdus Bastu (October 2009). "Satekholders and Sustainable Corporate Governance in Nigeria". Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  3. ^ Kolade Larewaju (7 November 2002). "Fire Destroys Ex-Milad's Residence". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  4. ^ "Yar'Adua's visit and Nigeria – UK relations (1)". ThisDay. 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2010-05-08. [dead link]