Oyo State Governors to Date

Wednesday, 04 March 2009 13:56

S/N	NAME	TITLE	DATE
1	Late Sir John Rankine	Last Colonial Governor	1951-1959
2	Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo	Head of Govt./ Premier	1951-1954 & 1955-1960
3	Late Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola	Premier	1959-1962 & 1963-1966
4	Late Sir Adesoji Aderemi	Governor	1960-1962
5	Dr. (Chief) Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi	Administrator	1962-1963
6	Late Chief Odeleye Fadahunsi	Governor	1963-1966
7	Late Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi	Military Governor	1966
8	Brig. (later Major-Gen.) (Rtd) Adeyinka Adebayo	Military Governor	1966-1970
9	Brig. Oluwole Rotimi (Rtd)	Military Governor	1970-1975
10	Naval Capt. (late Rear-Admiral) (Rtd) Akin Aduwo	Military Governor	1975
11	Col. ( later Major-General) (Rtd) David Medaiyese Jemibewon	Military Governor	1975-1978
12	Col. (later major-General) Paul C. Tarfa	Military Administrator	1978-1979
13	Late Chief Bola Ige	Executive Governor	1979-1983
14	Dr. (Chief) Victor Omololu Olunloyo	Executive Governor	1983
15	Lt. Col (Later Major-General) (Rtd) Oladayo Popoola	Military Governor	1984-1985
16	Col. (later Brig-General) (Rtd) Adetunji Idowu Olurin	Military Governor	1985-1988
17	Late Col. (later Brig-General) (Rtd) Sasaenia Oresanya	Military Governor	1988-1990
18	Late Col. (later Major-General) (Rtd) Abdul Kareem Adisa	Military Governor	1990-1992
19	Chief Kolapo Olawuyi Ishola	Executive Governor	1992-1993
20	Navy Capt. (later Rear-Admiral) (rtd) Adetoye Oyetola Sode	Military Administrator	1993-1994
21	Col. Chinyere Ike Nwosu (Rtd)	Military Administrator	1994-1996
22	Col. Ahmed Usman (Rtd)	Military Administrator	1996-1998
23	Compol Amen Edore Oyakhire (later AIG) (Rtd)	Military Administrator	16-08-1998 - 28-05-1999
24	Alhaji (Dr.) Lam Onaolapo Adesina (JP)	Executive Governor	29-5-1999 - 28-05-2003
25	Senator (Dr.) Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, FNSE	Executive Governor	29-05-2003 - 28-05-2007
26	Otunba (Dr.) Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala (JP), psc	Executive Governor	29-04-2007 - till date