Later Life
During the short-lived Third Republic of 1993, he called on the military to overthrow Ernest Shonekan's administration; Sani Abacha, Defense Minister at the time, later did so, and assumed the position of head of state. Akinyemi was later among those who opposed Abacha's regime.
In August 2007, President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him to the newly-created Electoral Reform Panel.
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