Dapo Abiodun

Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun MFR ((Listen); born 29 May 1960) is a Nigerian businessman and politician, who has served as Governor of Ogun State since 2019. He won the 2019 general elections under the platform of the All Progressive Congress.[1]

His Excellency
Dapo Abiodun
MFR
Governor of Ogun State
Assumed office
29 May 2019
DeputyNoimot Salako-Oyedele
Preceded byIbikunle Amosun
Personal details
Born
Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun

(1960-05-29) 29 May 1960
Iperu Remo, Western Region, British Nigeria (now in Ogun State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (APC)
Spouse
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(m. 1990)​
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman

He was the board Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission.[2][3] Prior to his assumption of office, he was the managing director of Heyden Petroleum and the founder of First Power Limited.[4] On 10 March 2019, he was declared Governor-Elect of Ogun State by the Independent National Electoral Commission.[5]

Early life

Abiodun was born on 29 May 1960 in Iperu Remo, Ogun State, to the royal family of Iperu.[6] He was born into the family of Dr. Emmanuel Abiodun and Mrs. Victoria Abiodun from Iperu Remo, in Ogun East senatorial district.[6][7]

Education

The educational background of Abiodun remains unclear. He was involved in a certificate scandal in the build up to the 2019 general elections when he claimed in the 2015 senatorial election form for Ogun East to have graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, but in the 2019 governorship form, he claimed to possess only secondary school certificate of education.[8]

In an interview with Seun Okinbaloye on channels television in December 2018, Abiodun[9]"Claimed To Have Never Gotten A Degree From Obafemi Awolowo University". He claimed to have been a student of the institution but didn't graduate from the school

Career

He is the managing director/CEO of the Nigerian oil and gas company Heyden Petroleum Ltd (HPL). He is also reportedly the founder of First Power Limited.[10]

Politics

Abiodun is a founding member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, although he is currently a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) defecting after the 2015 general elections. He contested the Ogun East senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2015 Nigerian general elections which he lost to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate. He was elected a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) in 1998. He has served as a member of various presidential committees and organisations.[11]

In 2019, he contested in the gubernatorial elections in Ogun state and won, under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC).[12]

He was sworn in as Governor of Ogun State on 29 May 2019.

Controversies
See also: Pandora Papers

In 2018, the TheCable alleged that Abiodun was involved in certificate forgery.[13]

As a result of the Pandora Papers leaks, the Premium Times reported on Abiodun's involvement in two offshore companies known tax haven, the British Virgin Islands. The report noted that Abiodun owned and was the sole director of both Marlowes Trading Corporation and Heyden Petroleum Limited in apparent violation of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act as neither company was declared when Abiodun was elected governor. Abiodun himself avoided questions on the topic but an associate of Abiodun claimed that the governor had meant to dissolve the companies but didn't notice that they had not been dissolved yet.[14]

In 2022, Sahara Reporters published the criminal record of how Abiodun was jailed in 1986 with jail number 8600B9436 for credit card fraud, petty theft, check forgery and fighting and injuring a police officer in an attempt to resist arrest in Miami Dade Florida, USA under the pseudonym "Shawn Michael Davids".[15]

Personal life

Abiodun married Bamidele Abiodun in 1990 and had five children, including the late Olugbenga Abiodun, a Nigerian DJ also known as DJ Olu.[16][17]

See also

References
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  2. Daud, Olatunji. "Why I want to succeed Amosun in 2019– Dapo Abiodun". Vanguard.
  3. "Ogun State Governor". nggovernorsforum.org. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. "Dapo Abiodun, APC Ogun guber candidate, in certificate scandal". The Cable.
  5. admin (25 June 2020). "ALL GOVERNORS OF OGUN STATE". Glimpse Nigeria. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. Patrick, Okohue (22 May 2019). "Dapo Abiodun set to end divisive, sectional governance in Ogun". Daily Times. Lagos. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. "Nigeria: 5 things to know about Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State Governor". The Africa Report.com. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. "Certificate scandal: Court upholds Dapo Abiodun as APC guber candidate in Ogun". 7 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  9. Channels, Television (30 December 2018). "I Never Claimed To Have Gotten A Degree From OAU". Channels Television. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  10. admin (14 January 2017). "About Dapo Abiodun's New Dream". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. Mbam, Stanley (28 October 2020). "COVID19: Governor Abiodun approves full reopening of worship centres, hotels and others". Naijalitz.com – Nigeria news. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  12. "If you are humble, you can overcome any mountain, says Ogun governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun".
  13. Adebulu, Taiwo (15 December 2018). "EXCLUSIVE: Dapo Abiodun, APC Ogun guber candidate, in certificate scandal". TheCable. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  14. Olawoyin, Oladeinde. "PANDORA PAPERS: Inside Governor Dapo Abiodun's secret businesses, foreign account". Premium Times. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  15. Reporters, Sahara (25 March 2022). "EXCLUSIVE: How Ogun Governor, Dapo Abiodun Was Jailed For Credit Card Fraud In Florida, USA". Sahara Reporters. New York. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  16. "Father Of DJ Olu, Mourns Late Son". Sahara Reporters. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  17. "PROFILE: Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria [2019 --] | Premium Times Nigeria". 24 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

18.http://saharareporters.com/2022/04/27/ogun-governor-abiodun-confirms-he-was-arrested-fraud-usa-warns-apc-party-not-disqualify

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