Funmilayo Olayinka

Olufunmilayo Adunni Olayinka (; 20 June 1960 – 6 April 2013), was a Nigerian banker and politician who served as the deputy governor of Ekiti State from 2010 until her death in 2013.

Early life and education Olayinka was born in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. She attended Holy Trinity Grammar School Ibadan, where she obtained her first school leaving certificate with distinction. She subsequently proceeded to Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo State, Nigeria, where she obtained her Higher School Certificate (HSC). She held a master's degree in public administration and a Bachelor of Business Administration marketing from Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, United States, in 1981 and 1983 respectively. She was three times winner of the Dean's Honour roll.

Olayinka was also the second vice president of the Association of Corporate Managers of Banks between 2002 and 2004.

Election Following a disputed election process during the 2007 Gubernatorial elections, the candidate of Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party, Segun Oni was declared winner of that election. Whereupon Olayinka in conjunction with Kayode Fayemi headed to court to contest the veracity of the results. On 14 October 2010, after a -year prolonged re-election process and court battle, an Elections Appeal Tribunal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria sacked former governor Segun Oni of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared Dr Kayode Fayemi of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as the new governor of Ekiti State. Mrs Olufunmilayo Olayinka was subsequently sworn in as the substantive deputy governor of Ekiti State by virtue of her existing role as the running mate of Dr Kayode Fayemi during the 2007 governorship elections. She is only the second woman in the history of Ekiti State to occupy the position of deputy governor of the state. She was a member of the Action Congress of Nigeria.

Death Olayinka died in the evening of 6 April 2013 after a long battle with cancer

Olayinka was a devout Christian; she was survived by her aged mother, husband and their three children.