Abiola Ajimobi

Abiola Ajimobi
Governor of Oyo State
In office
29 May 2011 – 29 May 2019
DeputyMoses Alake Adeyemo
Preceded byAdebayo Alao-Akala
Succeeded bySeyi Makinde
Senator for Oyo South
In office
3 June 2003 – 5 June 2007
Preceded byPeter Olawuyi
Succeeded byKamorudeen Adekunle Adedibu
Personal details
Born
Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi

16 December 1949
Oja'ba, Ibadan, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Oyo State, Nigeria)
Died25 June 2020(2020-06-25) (aged 70)
Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (2013–2020)
Other political
affiliations
Action Congress of Nigeria (before 2013)
Spouse
Florence Ajimobi
(m. 1980)
Children5
Alma materState University of New York
Governors State University
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.abiolaajimobi.org

Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi // (16 December 1949 – 25 June 2020) was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Oyo State from 2011 to 2019, he was the first person elected to the office twice.[1]

He was formerly the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum, Nigeria. He left the oil sector in 2002 after 26 years of meritorious service and was elected in 2003 as a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria representing Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). After one term in the senate, he contested in 2007 for the governorship seat of Oyo state under the banner of the All Nigeria People's Party, a bid which he lost.[2] He contested again in the April 2011 gubernatorial elections under the Action Congress of Nigeria and was elected Governor of Oyo State in a closely contested vote.[3] In 2019, he was succeeded by Engr. Oluwaseyi Makinde. After leaving office, he contested the Senate seat of his senatorial district but lost. In June 2020, he was confirmed to have contacted COVID-19 and was announced dead on 25 June.

  1. ^ "Yoruba Leaders Threaten Secession If Falae's Abductors are Not Arrested". This Day. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Tinubu reconciles Lam Adesina, Ajimobi". The Nation. 24 October 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Victory At Last! As Ajimobi Beats Akala In Oyo State". Osun Defender. 27 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.