Facts: - successor: rasheed ladoja - death date: 11 november 2012 - predecessor: amen edore oyakhire - width: 150px - office: governor of oyo state - term end: 29 may 2003 - term start: 29 may 1999 - birth date: 20 january 1939 - name: lamidi ona-olapo adesina - birth place: ibadan , nigeria Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lam adesina .
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alhaji lamidi ona-olapo adesina -lrb- 20 january 1939 -- 11 november 2012 -rrb- was an educator who became governor of oyo state in nigeria on 29 may 1999 as a member of the alliance for democracy -lrb- ad -rrb- party .adesina was born on 20 january 1939 .he attended loyola college in ibadan .then studied at the university of nigeria , nsukka from 1961 -- 1963 .later he attended the university of ibadan in 1971 .he worked in private educational institutions before entering politics .adesina was a sponsor of abiola ajimobi in his successful bid to be elected to the senate for oyo south in 2003 .later the two men fell apart , and ajimobi moved to the all nigeria peoples party -lrb- anpp -rrb- , but in october 2009 the two were leaders of the action congress -lrb- nigeria -rrb- -lrb- ac -rrb- party in oyo state , and had reconciled .lam adesina died on 11 november 2012 at the private st. nicholas hospital on lagos island .it was thought that the cause was related to diabetes , from which he had suffered for some time .he was to be buried at his felele residence according to islamic rites .