Olusegun Mimiko

Olusegun Mimiko
Olusegun Rahman Mimiko
Governor of Ondo State
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 February 2009
Personal details
Born 3 October 1954 (1954-10-03) (age 57)
Political party Labour Party
Spouse(s) Olukemi Mimiko
Occupation physician

Olusegun Mimiko is the current governor of Ondo State, Nigeria. He was born on 3 October 1954, to Pa and Mrs. Atiku Bamidele Mimiko of Ondo, Ondo State. His great, great grandfather was the High Chief Adaja Gbegbaje of Ondo. His great grandfather, Chief Akinmeji, was the distinguished Ruwase of Ondo. His grandfather, Pa Famimikomi, was an accomplished man. His gallantry in those long years attracted great respect, some of which rubbed-off on his own son, the late Pa A. B. Mimiko, himself an accomplished manager of men and materials, a cocoa plantation farmer, an avid reader and monitor of global developments, an erudite social commentator and a compassionate leader of men. Dr. Mimiko’s mother is of the eminent Ogunsulie family of Ondo Kingdom.

Dr. Olusegun Mimiko competed in gubernatorial elections on April 14, 2007, against the incumbent Olusegun Agagu and lost the contest in April 2007 according to the result released by the Independent Electoral Commission INEC. Mimiko contested this decision at the election tribunal and Agagu lost office on February 23, 2009 following an AppealCourt ruling which cited irregularities in the 2007 election, and was replaced by Mimiko as governor. Mimiko is currently the first and only member of the Labour Party to win gubernatorial office in Nigeria.[1]

References

  1. ^ Akintunde, Kazeem (2009-03-01). "The Fall of Agagu". Newswatch Magazine. Newswatch Communications Limited (Lagos). http://www.newswatchngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=679&Itemid=1. Retrieved 2010-02-20. 

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