Bamidele Olumilua
Office 1Governor of Ondo State
Deputy 1Olusegun Agagu
Term start 13 January 1992
Term end 117 November 1993
Predecessor 1Sunday Abiodun Olukoya
Successor 1Mike Torey
Birth date1940
Death date4 June 2020 (aged 80)
Death placeIkere-Ekiti, Nigeria

Bamidele Isola Olumilualisten (1940 – 4 June 2020) was a Nigerian politician who was the elected governor of Ondo State, Nigeria from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic,[1] elected on the Social Democratic Party (SDP) platform. He was forced to leave office when the military regime of general Sani Abacha took power. He served as a Nigerian diplomat to the state of Canada.[2] His deputy governor was Olusegun Agagu, who later became Governor of Ondo State from 29 May 2003 until February 2009.[3] He was the Chancellor, Ekiti State University.[4]

Olumilua joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998. He was appointed the Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Board.[5] In August 2005, the PDP stated that he was no longer a member of the party.[6] He later became one of the founding members of the Action Congress (AC) party, formed in 2006.[7]

He died on 4 June 2020, aged 80.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Ex-Ondo governor, Bamidele Olumilua, is dead". Premium Times. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. ^ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  3. ^ James Sowole (26 February 2009). "Ondo - Tale of a Titanic Electoral War". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  4. ^ "OLUMILUA BECOMES EKSU CHANCELLOR, PROF OSUNTOKUN PRO-CHANCELLOR". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  5. ^ Ademola Adeyemo (10 November 2009). "Sixteen Years After - Where Are Babangida's Civilian Governors?". ThisDay. Retrieved 2003-03-27.
  6. ^ Adesina Wahab (August 15, 2005). "Ekiti PDP disowns Olumilua". OnlineNigeria. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 2003-03-27.
  7. ^ "Atiku Must Apologise to AC - Olumilua". Daily Independent (Lagos). 23 March 2009. Retrieved 2003-03-27.
  8. ^ "Ex-Ondo governor, Bamidele Olumilua, is dead". Premium Times. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-14.