Force in August 1996 and was commissioned as Assistant Superintendent of Police by the Nigeria Police Academy. In October 2008, he retired as Superintendent of Police. In June 1999, he was appointed Aide-de-camp/Escort Commander to the then Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, and served until 2007 when f Tinubu ended histenure as governor. He was appointed Senior Special Assistant (Special Projects) to Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola from December 2008 to July 2011. He was reappointed into the cabinet of Governor Babatunde Fashola in July 2011 as the Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode came into office in 2015 and appointed Lawal as the Commissioner for Housing. He was the Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture under the government of Babajide Sanwo-Olu from August 2019 to June 2020. Selection and coronation After the death of the 14th Oniru of Iruland, Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru (Akiogun II) in September 2019, a search began for the new monarch. According to traditions of Iruland, selection for a successor usually begins 41 days after the death of the Oniru. Names of princes from the royal families were submitted for selection and Prince Gbolahan Abdulwasiu Lawal was chosen the 15th Oniru of Iruland. The other princes in line for the throne were Prince Hakeem Ajasa, a serving police officer and Chief Security Officer to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Aremo Adesegun Oniru, a former Commissioner for Waterfront and Infrastructure in Lagos State. Hakeem Ajasa is from the Abisogun house while Adesegun Oniru is the first son of the 14th Oniru. On 5 June 2020, Abdulwasiu Omogbbolahan Lawal was selected as the King. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State presented the staff of office to Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbbolahan Lawal, Abisogun II on 7 June 2020 as the 15th Oniru of Iruland. After the presentation of the staff of office by the Governor, he proceeded on a three-month immersion in customary rites and emerged in the Iru palace for his coronation as the 15th Oba of Iruland. His coronation took place on 6 September 2020 at the Iru Palace in Victoria Island, Lagos. In attendance were Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), the Ooni of Ife, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi (Kusenla III) and APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu was represented by his deputy Dr. Obafemi Hamzat. References 1970 births Living people