Leo Segun Ajiborisha | |
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Military Administrator of Osun State | |
In office 27 August 1991 – 1 January 1992 | |
Preceded by | Abdulkareem Adisa (Oyo State) |
Succeeded by | Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Nigeria |
Branch/service | Nigerian Army |
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.[citation needed]