Bamidele Olumilua | |
Office1: | Governor of Ondo State |
Deputy1: | Olusegun Agagu |
Term Start1: | 3 January 1992 |
Term End1: | 17 November 1993 |
Predecessor1: | Sunday Abiodun Olukoya |
Successor1: | Mike Torey |
Birth Date: | 1940 |
Death Place: | 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]