Ex-Oyo Gov, Omololu Olunloyo, Is DeadFormer Governor of old Oyo State, Dr Omololu Olunloyo, is dead.

Olunloyo reportedly died Friday afternoon in Ibadan.It was learnt that the mathematician ex-governor had been down with an ailment in the last few weeks and was receiving medical attention.

Meanwhile, the state government is yet to officially announce his death as at press Time.Victor Omololu Olunloyo (born 14 April 1935) father to popular #KemiOlunloyo is a mathematician who became governor of Oyo State in Nigeria in October 1983, holding the office briefly until the military regime of Muhammadu Buhari took power in December 1983. 

He later became a power in the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State.He was born in Ibadan on 14 April 1935. 

Olunloyo gained a Ph.D. from St. Andrews University in 1961. His thesis was on the Numerical Determination of the Solutions of Eigenvalue Problems of the Sturm–Liouville Type. 

He published several other papers on number theory and applied mathematics.Olunloyo was appointed Commissioner for Economic Development for the Western Region in 1962 at the age of 27, in the cabinet of Dr. Moses Majekodunmi.

 He was re-appointed when Colonel Adeyinka Adebayo was appointed military governor of Western State. Other positions included Commissioner for Community Development, Education (twice), Special Duties, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs which includes crowning of two of Nigeria monarchs namely the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III and the Soun of Ogbomosho King Oyewunmi. 

He was appointed chairman of the Western Nigerian Development Corporation.In 1983, Olunloyo ran for governor of the old Oyo State on the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) platform, and defeated the incumbent, Bola Ige of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), assuming office in October 1983. 

His term ended three months later when General Muhammadu Buhari took power and dismissed the elected government on December 31, 1983.