1. Abiola Ajimobi left the oil sector in 2002 after 26 years of meritorious service and was elected in 2003 as a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria representing Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy.
14 Facts About Abiola Ajimobi
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Abiola Ajimobi contested again in the April 2011 gubernatorial elections under the Action Congress of Nigeria and was elected Governor of Oyo State in a closely contested vote.
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Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi was born on 16 December 1949 to the Ajimobi family of Ibadan at Oja-Iba, Ibadan.
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Abiola Ajimobi started his education at Saint Patricks Primary School, Oke-Padre in Ibadan.
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Abiola Ajimobi completed his primary education at Ibadan City Council Primary School, Aperin.
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Abiola Ajimobi's MBA was in Operations Research and Marketing with a concentration in Finance at Governors State University, University Park, Illinois.
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Abiola Ajimobi was a principal officer in the Senate, serving as the Deputy Minority leader of the Senate.
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In 2007, Abiola Ajimobi contested the gubernatorial election under the umbrella of the All Nigeria Peoples Party but lost.
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Abiola Ajimobi contested again in 2011 under the Action Congress of Nigeria and won.
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Abiola Ajimobi was declared the winner of the Oyo State gubernatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
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Abiola Ajimobi was elected as the All Progressivse Congress Oyo South senatorial candidate on 28 September 2018.
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Abiola Ajimobi lost in the 2019 senatorial elections to Kola Balogun of Peoples Democratic Party.
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In 1980, Abiola Ajimobi married Florence Abiola Ajimobi; they had five children.
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On 19 June 2020, Abiola Ajimobi was admitted to First Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Consultants Hospital in Lagos after slipping into a coma following COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.