Adebayo Adefarati

Adebayo Adefarati (February 14, 1931 [http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f130032007.html "Adefarati, AD Presidential candidate dies at 76"] , "Vanguard" (Nigeria), March 30, 2007.] – March 29 2007) was a Nigerian politician.

Adefarati was governor of Ondo State from 1999 to 2003, but was defeated when he ran for re-election in 2003. He was later a presidential candidate for the Alliance for Democracy party in the April 2007 presidential election, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6507813.stm "Nigeria death fails to halt poll"] , BBC News, March 29, 2007.] but died in Owo, Ondo State at the age of 76 of an undisclosed ailment a few weeks before the election. He had not been considered a major candidate, but his death raised the possibility that the election would be delayed. A spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission said that this would not happen, and that the party could name a replacement candidate.

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