Bamidele Olumilua Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-06-04 . Ex-Ondo governor, Bamidele Olumilua, is dead . 2022-03-19 . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Nigerian States . WorldStatesmen . 2010-03-27.
  3. Web site: Ondo - Tale of a Titanic Electoral War . ThisDay . James Sowole . 26 February 2009 . 2010-03-27.
  4. Web site: OLUMILUA BECOMES EKSU CHANCELLOR, PROF OSUNTOKUN PRO-CHANCELLOR . 2012-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314102802/http://unad.edu.ng/unad-news/347-olumilua-becomes-eksu-chancellor-prof-osuntokun-pro-chancellor.html . 2012-03-14 . dead .
  5. Web site: Sixteen Years After - Where Are Babangida's Civilian Governors? . ThisDay . Ademola Adeyemo . 10 November 2009 . 2003-03-27.
  6. Web site: Ekiti PDP disowns Olumilua . August 15, 2005 . Adesina Wahab . OnlineNigeria . 2003-03-27.
  7. Web site: Atiku Must Apologise to AC - Olumilua . Daily Independent (Lagos) . 23 March 2009 . 2003-03-27.
  8. Web site: 2020-06-04 . Ex-Ondo governor, Bamidele Olumilua, is dead . 2020-06-14 . en-GB.