Bamidele Olumilua

Bamidele Olumilua
Governor of Ondo State
In office
3 January 1992 – 17 November 1993
DeputyOlusegun Agagu
Preceded bySunday Abiodun Olukoya
Succeeded byMike Torey
Personal details
Born1940
Died (aged 80)
Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria

Bamidele Isola Olumilua (1940 – 4 June 2020) was a Nigerian politician who was the elected governor of Ondo State, Nigeria from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic,[1] elected on the Social Democratic Party (SDP) platform. He was forced to leave office when the military regime of general Sani Abacha took power. He served as a Nigerian diplomat to the state of Canada.[2] His deputy governor was Olusegun 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 the Peoples 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 the Action Congress (AC) party, formed in 2006.[7]

He died on 4 June 2020, aged 80.[8]

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  2. ^ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  3. ^ James Sowole (26 February 2009). "Ondo - Tale of a Titanic Electoral War". ThisDay. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  4. ^ "OLUMILUA BECOMES EKSU CHANCELLOR, PROF OSUNTOKUN PRO-CHANCELLOR". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. ^ Ademola Adeyemo (10 November 2009). "Sixteen Years After - Where Are Babangida's Civilian Governors?". ThisDay. Retrieved 27 March 2003.
  6. ^ Adesina Wahab (15 August 2005). "Ekiti PDP disowns Olumilua". OnlineNigeria. Retrieved 27 March 2003.
  7. ^ "Atiku Must Apologise to AC - Olumilua". Daily Independent (Lagos). 23 March 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2003.
  8. ^ "Ex-Ondo governor, Bamidele Olumilua, is dead". 4 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.