Kafin nan ya riƙe Babban Hafsan Tsaron Ƙasa, kuma ya yi Gwamnan Soja a Jihar Ogun tsakanin Janairu 1984 zuwa Agusta 1985.
Okiro ya yi Kwamishinan ‘Yan Sandan Jihar Legas tsakanin 1999 zuwa 2003 kafin ya zama Sufeto Janar na Ƙasa baki ɗaya a cikin 2007.