Dapo Abiodun


Dapo Abiodun
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 (age 64)
Iperu Remo, Western Region, British Nigeria (now in Ogun State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (APC)
Spouse
(m. 1990)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman

Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun MFR CON[1] ((); 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.[2]

He was the board Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission.[3][4] Prior to his assumption of office, he was the managing director of Heyden Petroleum and the founder of First Power Limited.[5] On 10 March 2019, he was declared Governor-Elect of Ogun State by the Independent National Electoral Commission.[6]

  1. ^ Media, Penpushing (28 May 2023). "All Progressives Congress felicitates Governor Abiodun on Commander of the Order of Niger award". PENPUSHING. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ "The new governors-elect in Southwest". The Nation. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ Daud, Olatunji. "Why I want to succeed Amosun in 2019– Dapo Abiodun". Vanguard.
  4. ^ "Ogun State Governor". nggovernorsforum.org. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Dapo Abiodun, APC Ogun guber candidate, in certificate scandal". The Cable.
  6. ^ admin (25 June 2020). "ALL GOVERNORS OF OGUN STATE". Glimpse Nigeria. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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