Background
Oluwole Rotimi was born 20 February 1935 in Abeokuta, Nigeria to a Yoruban family.
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He attended Agooko Methodist School, Lisabi school, Olowogbowo Methodist School as well as Kings College Lagos, after which he earned a Bachelor at the University College Ibadan.
Career
A distinguished officer, he eventually rose to the rank of Brigadier General. He served during the Nigerian Civil War, and was the while Nigeria was under military rule from 1971 - 1975. Oluwole Rotimi became the Nigerian to the United States in 2007.
Oluwole Joined the Nigerian Army in 1960 and served as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He rose to become the first African Deputy Quartermaster General and the third non-white Quartermaster General of the Nigerian Army in 1966. During the Nigerian Civil War Oluwole Rotimi provided logistics support for the Federal Government"s war efforts.
He became the commander of the Ibadan Garrison between 1969 and 1970. After the war Oluwole Rotimi became the First Military of Nigeria in 1971, under Yakubu Gowon.
During his time as governor, the state had peace and development.
Projects As Governor
The Cement Factory at Shagamu
The Wire and Cable Factory in Ibadan
The Ceramic Factory in Abeokuta
The Wood Processing Factory in Ondo
The palm oil Mill at Okitipupa. In 1975, Oluwole Rotimi was removed from office as governor of Western Nigeria after the d"état. The following administration led by General Murtala Mohammed, commissioned a panel to investigate corruption amongst that past governors of the past administration.
Oluwole Rotimi, together with Mobolaji Johnson-Brigadier(Lagos State Governor) was one of the only two governors exonerated.
In 1999 General Oluwole Rotimi was appointed by the President Olusegun Obasanjo as the Head of a Commission of Inquiry for the Investigation of Federal Government Landed Property. Oluwole Rotimi became the to the United States of America in March 2008.
He was sacked from the post in March 2009 by the President of Nigeria, Umaru Yar"Adua after allegations of insubordination.
Achievements
Membership
In 2005, Oluwole Rotimi was appointed a member of the National Constitutional Review Conference representing his home state-Ogun State.
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