Femi Hamzat | |
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Deputy Governor of Lagos State | |
Assumed office 29 May 2019 | |
Governor | Babajide Sanwo-Olu |
Preceded by | Oluranti Adebule |
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Born | Kadri Obafemi Hamzat 19 September 1964 Lagos, Nigeria |
Political party | All Progressive Congress |
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Residence(s) | Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria |
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Kadri Obafemi Hamzat ((; born 19 September 1964) is a Nigerian politician who has served as )deputy governor of Lagos State since 2019.[1]
He was born in Lagos into the family of Late Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat and Late Alhaja Kehinde Hamzat from Iga Egbe, Lagos State. His father, Late Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat served as a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and as a Commissioner for Transportation in the state (1979–1983) before becoming the Vice-chairman (South West) of then Alliance for Democracy (AD).[2] He became the Lagos West Senatorial District leader of the Action Congress and a crowned king through his maternal royal lineage.