Bamidele Olumilua
Bamidele Olumilua | |
|---|---|
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| Governor of Ondo State | |
| In office 3 January 1992 – 17 November 1993 | |
| Deputy | Olusegun Agagu |
| Preceded by | Sunday Abiodun Olukoya |
| Succeeded by | Mike Torey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1940 |
| Died | (aged 80) Ikere-Ekiti,Nigeria |
Bamidele Isola Olumilua(1940 – 4 June 2020) was a Nigerian politician who was the elected governor ofOndo State,Nigeriafrom January 1992 to November 1993 during theNigerian Third Republic,[1]elected on theSocial Democratic Party(SDP) platform. He was forced to leave office when the military regime of generalSani Abachatook power. He served as a Nigerian diplomat to the state of Canada.[2] His deputy governor wasOlusegun Agagu,who later became Governor of Ondo State from 29 May 2003 until February 2009.[3] He was the Chancellor,Ekiti State University.[4]
Olumilua joined thePeoples Democratic Party(PDP) in 1998. He was appointed the Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Board.[5] In August 2005, the PDP stated that he was no longer a member of the party.[6] He later became one of the founding members of theAction Congress(AC) party, formed in 2006.[7]
He died on 4 June 2020, aged 80.[8]
References
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- ^James Sowole (26 February 2009)."Ondo - Tale of a Titanic Electoral War".ThisDay.Retrieved27 March2010.
- ^"OLUMILUA BECOMES EKSU CHANCELLOR, PROF OSUNTOKUN PRO-CHANCELLOR".Archived fromthe originalon 14 March 2012.Retrieved28 April2012.
- ^Ademola Adeyemo (10 November 2009)."Sixteen Years After - Where Are Babangida's Civilian Governors?".ThisDay.Retrieved27 March2003.
- ^Adesina Wahab (15 August 2005)."Ekiti PDP disowns Olumilua".OnlineNigeria.Retrieved27 March2003.
- ^"Atiku Must Apologise to AC - Olumilua".Daily Independent (Lagos).23 March 2009.Retrieved27 March2003.
- ^"Ex-Ondo governor, Bamidele Olumilua, is dead".4 June 2020.Retrieved14 June2020.
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