Leo Segun Ajiborisha Explained

Leo Segun Ajiborisha
Honorific Prefix:Major General
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Office1:Military Administrator of Osun State
Term Start1:27 August 1991
Term End1:1 January 1992
Predecessor1:Abdulkareem Adisa (Oyo State)
Successor1:Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke
Allegiance: Nigeria
Rank: Major General

Leo Segun Ajiborisha served as the first Administrator of Osun State, Nigeria after it was created from part of Oyo State in August 1991 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[1] [2]

One of Ajiborisha's first actions as Osun Governor was to establish the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation. The radio channel based in Ile-Ife came on air on 25 November 1991[3] He inaugurated the Osun State Civil Service Commission on 30 September 1991.[4] He handed over to the elected civilian governor Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke in January 1992 at the start of the Nigerian Third Republic.[1]

Later he became Director of Operations, Defence Headquarters, and then Principal Staff Officer to General Abdulsalami Abubakar (1998–1999).[5] [6] As a former military administrator, he was required to retire from the army in June 1999 at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,[7]

In April 2008 the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission cleared Leo Ajiborisa of allegations of corrupt practices related to acquisition of an oil block by two Lagos-based companies.[8] In 2010, he was President and Chairman-in-Council of the Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigeria States . WorldStatesmen . 2010-05-30.
  2. Web site: History – Osun State Official Website . 2023-06-10 . en-US.
  3. Web site: Osun State Broadcasting Corporation . Osun State . 2010-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409101940/http://www.osunstate.gov.ng/corporations.htm . 2010-04-09 . dead .
  4. Web site: Manpower Training and Development in the Nigerian Public Service . Olu Okotoni and John Eroro . University of Ile-Ife . 2010-05-30.
  5. Book: Newswatch, Volume 29, Issues 14-25 . Newswatch Communications Ltd. . 1999.
  6. Book: The news, Volume 11, Issues 1-11 . Independent Communications Network Ltd. . 1998.
  7. Web site: OBASANJO HIRES & FIRES . https://archive.today/20121205021031/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlukoArchives/message/25 . dead . December 5, 2012 . NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (NDM) . NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH 1999/03 . July 1, 1999 . 2010-04-22.
  8. Web site: No Case to Answer . Newswatch . Demola Abimboye . April 13, 2008 . 2010-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110219143458/http://www.newswatchngr.com/editorial/allaccess/nigeria/10413120311.htm . February 19, 2011 . dead .