Okuku, Osun State

Okuku
Okuku is located in Nigeria
Okuku
Okuku
Coordinates: 8°01′06″N 4°40′20″E / 8.018388°N 4.672341°E / 8.018388; 4.672341
CountryNigeria
StateOsun State
Local Government AreaOdo Otin
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Okuku is a city in the Odo Otin Local Government Area of Ọṣun State, Nigeria.

Okuku is about 10 miles (16 km) north of Ikirun.[1] It is the birthplace of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola (born 1951), who served as governor of Osun State in Nigeria from 2003 to 2010.[2][3] Osun State University has a campus at Okuku, which is the location of the College of Management and Social Sciences.[4] It is also the place of origin of the Late [Prince] Chief Justice T.A Irinoye of the defunct Gongola State [1927 - 1992]