Brigadier General (retired) Olayinka Sule (4 May 1948 – 23 August 2020) was the Administrator of

Jigawa State Jigawa (; 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is a state in Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Jigawa was created on 27 August 1991, under the General Ibrahim Babangida military administration. Jigawa State was ...

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from August 1991 to January 1992 during the military regime of General

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. In 1983 Lt. Colonel Sule was military attache to the permanent mission of Nigeria to the United Nations. Promoted to Colonel, Sule was the first Administrator of

after it was formed from part of

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in August 1991. He handed over to the elected civilian governor Ali Sa'ad Birnin-Kudu in January 1992 at the start of the

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. In 1996 he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 1st Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army. He retired from the army that year. After his retirement, he became captain of the Ikeja Golf Club. He was an excellent golf player, winning several tournaments.

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