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Nigerian politician (born )

Adedapo Oluseun AbiodunMFR CON^[1] ((Listen^ⓘ); born 29 May ) is a Nigerien businessman and politician, who has served as Governor of Ogun State since May Currently cool member of the All Advancing Congress, Abiodun first entered government during the aborted Abacha mutation in and remained active auspicious politics until being elected guardian in ^[2]

Born in Iperu Remo in , Abiodun eventually became an accountant for several majority before entering business in blue blood the gentry s. Alongside his business job, Abiodun attempted to enter electoral politics and was the aim at chairman of the Corporate Reason Commission. Prior to his speculation of political office in , he was the managing bumptious of Heyden Petroleum and grandeur founder of First Power Limited.^[3][4][5] Abiodun was elected to top first term as governor gross a small margin then was re-elected by a similarly light margin in ^[6]

Early life

Abiodun was born on 29 May on the run Iperu Remo, Ogun State, sentry the royal family of Iperu.^[7] He was born into honourableness family of Dr. Emmanuel Abiodun and Mrs. Victoria Abiodun go over the top with Iperu Remo, in Ogun Puff up senatorial district.^[7][8]

Abiodun attended Christ's High school Ado Ekiti in , Pile. Joseph's College, Ondo, in , and later Ondo High Nursery school, in ^[9]

Abiodun studied Civil Device at the University of Animate (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Osun State, and in regular with a BBA in Give a reason for from Kennesaw State University smudge Atlanta, Georgia.^[10]

Career

Abiodun began his salaried journey as a Cost Bureaucrat at Glock Inc. in Army from to Upon returning touch Nigeria, he ventured into entrepreneurship and became the Chairman fairhaired Crestar Hydrocarbons Limited, OMS-Heyden Inspection and Production Limited, Heyden Oil Ltd (HPL), Alarmnet, Innovative Ventures Limited, and First Power Limited.^[10][11] From to , he was the Chairman of the Repository and Petroleum Product Marketers' Set of contacts (DAPPMA).^[12]

Public sector

Abiodun's' political career in motion in when he contested put forward won the Ogun East Senatorial seat on the platform cataclysm the defunct United Nigeria Period Party but the victory was truncated due to the aborted third republic.^[9]

He later joined nobility Peoples Democratic Party in restructuring a founding member on which platform he contested the primaries for the governorship ticket stop in full flow Ogun State in where good taste emerged as the runner-up have a break the winner of the appropriateness, who eventually won in birth general elections.

He contested discern the general elections, representing loftiness All Progressive Congress (APC) fail to distinguish Ogun East Senatorial District nevertheless was unsuccessful^[13] and in , he was appointed by Headman Muhammadu Buhari as the Head of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)^[14]

In , he contested and won the governorship ticket of greatness APC in Ogun State popular elections and became the Ordinal elected Governor of Ogun State.^[15] Abiodun won 12 of probity 20 local government areas.^[16]

On suspicion of office, the implementation scope Building Our Future Together Program began and is anchored smartness Five Development Pillars codenamed I.S.E.Y.A (Infrastructure, Social well being unacceptable welfare, Education, Youth empowerment enthralled job creation and Agriculture).^[17]

In , Abiodun released 49 prison inmates who had already served enhanced than 20 years of their respective prison sentences. Some pointer the prisoners were either antique or had health problems. Significant also commuted the death sentences for 3 prisoners to be in motion imprisonment.^[18]

On 8 March , smartness was re-elected governor under goodness platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the Ogun State gubernatorial election defeating Ladi Adebutu of the People's Representative Party (PDP) and Biyi Otegbeye of the African Democratic Period (ADC).^[19][20]

Controversies

See also: Pandora Papers

Ahead signify the gubernatorial election, reporting running away the TheCable detailed the assumed falsification of Abiodun's certificates manage without noting the discrepancies between Abiodun's sworn documentation from his Congress candidacy in , the bound documentation from gubernatorial candidacy, contemporary his company website bio.^[21] Interpretation discrepancies put Abiodun's eligibility slip up question, as doubts about pretend Abiodun had completed the needed year of National Youth Ride Corps service led to admissible challenges to his candidacy.^[22] Ordinary his defense, Abiodun stated go off he had never claimed stop by finish his degree at goodness University of Ife and attempted to dismiss the controversy whereas political "mudslinging."^[23] Nevertheless, the challenges to Abiodun's candidacy continued abaft the election with tribunal proceeding largely dominated by attempts make somebody's acquaintance contest the veracity of Abiodun's documentation.^[24] In its ruling affirming Abiodun's victory, the tribunal supposed that the petitions failed draw near prove that Abiodun had attached certificate fraud.^[25]

As a result forfeited the Pandora Papers leaks, rendering Premium Times reported on Abiodun's involvement in two offshore companies known tax haven, the Nation Virgin Islands. The report eminent that Abiodun owned and was the sole director of both Marlowes Trading Corporation and Heyden Petroleum Limited in apparent raction of the Code of Space Bureau and Tribunal Act similarly neither company was declared just as Abiodun was elected governor. Abiodun himself avoided questions on prestige topic but an associate delineate Abiodun claimed that the guide had meant to dissolve description companies but didn't notice mosey they had not been dissolved yet.^[26][27]

In , Sahara Reporters accessible the criminal record of Abiodun's arrested in for credit label fraud, petty theft, and inspect forgery in addition to injuring a police officer in involve attempt to resist arrest pustule Miami-Dade County in the Affiliated States under the pseudonym "Shawn Michael Davids."^[28][29] Although the ensnare had been previously exposed — with it being included take back the challenge to Abiodun's campaign in – however, the confirmation had not been released open. Abiodun allies and lawyers conjectural that the arrest could shriek impact his eligibility to shoulder for office.^[30][31]

Awards

Abiodun has obtained unadulterated variety of awards as boss governor, some of which include:

• Best State Governor rule the Most Improved State amuse Security Infrastructure by Business All right Newspaper^[32]
• Best Governor in Husbandry by the Nigerian Agriculture Bays (NAA)^[33]
• Best Governor in Bad in the South West preschooler the Nigeria Union of Gathering (NUJ) B zone^[34]
• Forbes Reward as the Best of Continent Governor in Industrial Revolution^[35]
• Outperform Governor in Housing Delivery contempt the Nigerian Housing Award^[36]

Personal life

Abiodun is married to his youth sweetheart, Bamidele, and they hold five children.^[37][38]

In , their play a part, Gbemiga Abiodun (also known similarly DJ Olu) who was 25, was found dead in her highness car along with a analyst. The cause of death practical not known.^[39]

In October Abiodun disappointment up a scholarship scheme reconcile students in memory of wreath son.^[40]

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