With a distinguished professional and educational career, Ohunyeye brings a wealth of experience and dedication to his gubernatorial aspirations.

Educational Excellence and Professional Distinctions Ohunyeye’s academic pedigree is nothing short of impressive. He holds a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University London. He further honed his skills with an MBA in Finance from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, a Master’s degree (MSDS) from the Bangladesh Institute of Professionals, and a PhD in Management from the University of Nigeria Nsukka.

He is a Member and Fellow of varying professional bodies which include; Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), London (Fellow), Nigerian Institute of Management (Fellow), Institute of Directors (Fellow), Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (Fellow) Institute of Directors Nigeria – MIoD (Member), Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria – ACIT (Member) and Institute of Cost Management of Nigeria – AICM (Member).

He has served in command and leadership positions in the course of his military profession, amongst which include being a Staff Officer at the Headquarters Command Finance Office (1992), a Finance Officer at 33 Field Artillery Brigade Bauchi (1994), a pioneer Finance Officer at the Post Service Housing Directorate Army (1996), a Bursar at the Coad Secondary School Ibadan, a Cashier at the Headquarters 3 Armoured Division, Jos, a Contingent Finance Officer at the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (2003), a Deputy Director of Finance at the Army Headquarters Department of Operations, Abuja (2004), Cashier at Command Finance Office, Lagos (2005 – 2006), Assistant Director Finance at Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji (2007 – 2008) , Deputy Director at Army Accounts Inspectorate, Ojo (2009 – 2010), Deputy Director Finance & Accounts of Headquarters Nigerian Army Finance Corps, Apapa (2010 – 2013), Commander Division Finance and Accounts (CDFA) at Headquarters 82 Division, Enugu (2015 – 2016), Director, Finance and Accounts at National Defence College, Abuja (2016 – 2019), Commander, Garrison Finance and Accounts at AHQ Garrison, Abuja (2019 – 2020), Director of Finance at Nigerian Defence Academy, Abuja (2020 – 2021). He was the commandant at the Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration, Apapa (2021-2022) and was posted to the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), Abuja (2022-2023) as a research fellow. 

He has some decorations and awards to his credit, amongst which are: The Forces Service Star (FSS), The Meritorious Service Star (MSS), The Distinguished Service Star (DSS) and the United Nation’s Medals: Numeros 1 and 2.

His hobbies include Reading, Playing Squash Racket Games, Playing Lawn Tennis, and Surfing the Web. General Ohunyeye and his wife are happily married with children.

Not quite long after Gen. Ohunyeye’s bowing out of military service, he retired home to Ondo State to offer himself for service in the interest of humanity as he joined the race to become the Governor of Ondo State.