Ibikunle Amosun

Ibikunle Amosun
Senator for Ogun Central
Assumed office
11 June 2019
Preceded byLanre Tejuoso
Succeeded byShuaibu Salisu
In office
3 June 2003 – 5 June 2007
Preceded byFemi Okurounmu
Succeeded byIyabo Obasanjo-Bello
Governor of Ogun State
In office
29 May 2011 – 29 May 2019
DeputySegun Adesegun
Yetunde Onanuga
Preceded byGbenga Daniel
Succeeded byDapo Abiodun
Personal details
Born (1958-01-25) 25 January 1958 (age 66)
Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
SpouseOlufunso Amosun
Children3[1]

Ibikunle Amosun (Listen; born 25 January 1958) is a Nigerian politician,[2] former governor of Ogun State and two-term senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He first served as an elected senator for Ogun Central district of Ogun State, Nigeria from June 2003 to June 2007, and reelected in 2019. After an unsuccessful bid for governor of Ogun State in April 2007, he was elected governor of the state on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform in 2011.[3][4] He contested again for a second term as governor under the All Progressives Congress and after winning the election, was sworn into office on 29 May 2015.[5]

  1. ^ "Monthly Environmental Sanitation Still Stands In Ogun State – Amosun". Channels TV. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Biography of Ibikunle Amosun; Accountant; Ex-Governor; Politician; Senator; Ogun State Cebebrity". biography.hi7.co. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Ibikunle Amosun: An enigma @ 60". The Punch. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Indepth20110427 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "How we received ammunition from Amosun, by Ogun police command". The Guardian. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2022.