Alfred Agboola Ajayi was born on 24 September 1968 and is a Nigerian politician, lawyer, and businessman who served as deputy governor of Ondo State from 2017 to 2021.
13 Facts About Agboola Ajayi
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On 21 June 2020, Ajayi resigned his membership from the ruling party All Progressives Congress and defected to the opposition party Peoples Democratic Party, citing irreconcilable differences between him and his governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and that the APC party 'has become a poisoned space'.
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Agboola Ajayi then joined Zenith Labour Party after losing the PDP gubernatorial primaries to Eyitayo Jegede.
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Agboola Ajayi was the 2020 gubernatorial candidate of Ondo State in Zenith Labour Party led by former governor Olusegun Mimiko.
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Agboola Ajayi was born on 24 September 1968 to Chief Newton Agboola Ajayi and Mrs Rebecca Ogunjinte.
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Agboola Ajayi attended Community High School in Kiribo Town and later moved to Methodist High School in Okitipupa LGA.
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Agboola Ajayi started his political career under the platform of Social Democratic Party and became the chairman of SDP in Old Opoi Ward 1 from 1988 to 1998.
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Agboola Ajayi was later made the Supervisor for Agriculture for Ese-Odo LGA from 1999 to 2001 and subsequently appointed as Supervisor for Works and Transport for Ese-Odo LGA from 2001 to 2003.
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Agboola Ajayi then went on to become the Caretaker Chairman of Ese Odo LGA between 2003 and 2004 before he was finally elected as the chairman of Ese-Odo LGA from 2004 to 2007.
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Agboola Ajayi later decamped from PDP to APC and contested election as the running mate to Rotimi Akeredolu in the Ondo State Governorship election in November 2016 under the platform of APC.
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Agboola Ajayi contested the October 2020 Governorship election in Ondo Election with Gboye Adegbenro as his running mate.
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In 2019, Agboola Ajayi was accused of having lied to gain admission into the Nigerian Law School while he was still in a full-time employment with the Nigerian government.
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Agboola Ajayi has been having political battle for months with his boss, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, whom he accused of attempting to strangulate his political ambition; citing that acrimonious situation as the main reason why he decamped from APC and defected to PDP.