Alh. Okunola was at the time a senior member of staff of the Ilorin Agricultural Development Project (IADP). As a native of Offa, an important town outside the dependent Metropolitan Districts, Alh. Okunola had no hesitation in speaking freely of the restrictions that had been imposed on those districts.

Alh. Okunola was assistant to Mr. B. Dawtrey (land surveys). He was born in 1934.