[1] Colonel Opaleye was a member of a Special Military Tribunal set up in 1986 to try officers accused of plotting a coup against Babangida in December 1985.

[1] General Opaleye was appointed commander of the OAU Neutral Military Organization Group (NMOG) set up in 1991 to enforce a cease fire between the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and the Hutu-dominated Rwandan government.

NMOG had the limited mandate of creating a buffer zone between the rebels and the government troops.

[4] Major-general Opaleye played a big role in the conclusion of the ARUSHA talks that let to the Peace Agreement signed on 4 August 1993.

This made him a traditional war chief in Erunmu, and by extension, a secondary cabinet member in the Owu Kingdom.