Moji Akinfenwa Explained

Moji Akinfenwa
Office1:Senator for Osun East
Term Start1:May 1999
Term End1:May 2003
Successor1:Iyiola Omisore
Birth Date:1930
Birth Place:Ilesa, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Osun State, Nigeria)
Death Place:Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Mojisoluwa O Akinfenwa (1930 – 10 October 2019) was a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Osun East constituency of Osun State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1] Upon his arrival at the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Selection, Senate Services, Solid Minerals, Banking & Currency and Education.[2]

Biography

In December 2003 Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, outgoing national chairman of Alliance for Democracy party wrote to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) naming Akinfenwa as the new national chairman.[3] The party had split into two rival factions, with the other led by Chief Bisi Akande.In February 2004 the INEC summoned a meeting of AD leaders that excluded the two rival chairmen in an effort to resolve the situation.[4] Continued efforts to resolve the split were ineffective.[5] The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, threw its weight behind Akinfenwa, a move criticized at a meeting of former AD Governors of South-West states in August 2004.[6] In a February 2006 interview Akinfenwa continued to insist that he was the AD chairman, not Akande.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999 . Psephos . 2010-06-24.
  2. Web site: Congressional Committees . Nigeria Congress . 2010-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm . 2009-11-18.
  3. Web site: AD: Abdulkadir Writes INEC, Says Akinfenwa is New Chairman . Chuks Okocha . This Day . 2003-12-18 . 2010-06-24.
  4. Web site: AD Crisis: INEC Wades in, Summons Koleosho's Exco - Disowns Akinfenwa, Akande factions . Chuks Okocha and Tokunbo Adedoja . ThisDay . 2010-06-24.
  5. Web site: AD: Akinfenwa Faction Waves Olive Branch . Chuks Okocha . ThisDay . 2010-06-24.
  6. Web site: 3 ex-AD govs back fresh convention . Daily Champion . WALE FOLARIN and VINCENT EGUNYANGA . 27 August 2004 . 2010-06-24.
  7. Web site: I have never received a kobo from OBJ . Daily Independent Online. . February 4, 2006 . Gbenga Faturoti . 2010-06-24.