Saturday, April 27

Abiola Ajimobi, politician

Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi – a Nigerian senator – died from Covid-19 on June 25, 2020.

Born on the 16th of December 1949, he was from Oyo State, south-western Nigeria.

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.

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. In 2019, he was succeeded by Oluwaseyi Makinde.

He contested for Senator for his senatorial district but lost. In June 2020, he was confirmed to have the COVID-19 infection and was announced dead on 25th June.

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