L'ati odun 1979 si odun 1980, Osinbajo ko'pa ni'nu sinsin orile ede e re eyi ti o pon dandan fun odun kan, gege bi oga amofin pelu ile ise ti o n ri si idagbasoke ati eto Bendel (BDPA) ni Ipinle Bendel.Ni odun 1981, won gba Osinbajo si'se gege bi i olukoni ni'mo ofin ni ile eko giga Yunifasiti ilu Eko, Naijiria.. 
Awon laami laaka lorilẹ ede Naijiria da gììrì lati Seye ibile fun oloogbe naa lara won ni olori orile ede Naijiria igba naa Aare Olusegun Obasanjo ati Igbakeji re Atiku Abubakar, ti awon gomina gomina gomina ko lo n ka lati ba awon ebi re kẹ́dùn.Awon ami eye to ti gba  Doctor of Law by the University of Cross River State, Uyo, 1991, Doctor of Letters by Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1992 Doctor of Science by the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, 1998 to dádé to County, Florida, in the U.S. 