19 Facts About Dapo Abiodun

Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun CON is a Nigerian businessman and politician, who has served as Governor of Ogun State since May 2019.

Currently a member of the All Progressive Congress, Abiodun first entered politics during the aborted Abacha transition in 1998 and remained active in politics until being elected governor in 2019.

Alongside a business career, Dapo Abiodun entered electoral politics and was the board chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission.

Dapo Abiodun was elected to his first term as governor by a small margin then was re-elected by a similarly slight margin in 2023.

Dapo Abiodun was born on 29 May 1960 in Iperu Remo, Ogun State, to the royal family of Iperu.

Dapo Abiodun was born into the family of Dr Emmanuel Abiodun and Mrs Victoria Abiodun from Iperu Remo, in Ogun East senatorial district.

Dapo Abiodun attended Christ's School Ado Ekiti in 1972, St Joseph's College, Ondo, in 1977, and later Ondo High School, in 1978.

Dapo Abiodun studied Civil Engineering at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Osun State, and in 1986 graduated with a BBA in Accounting from Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dapo Abiodun began his professional journey as a Cost Accountant at Glock Inc in USA from 1989 to 1991.

Dapo Abiodun later joined the Peoples Democratic Party in 1999 as a founding member on which platform he contested the primaries for the governorship ticket in Ogun State in 2002 where he emerged as the runner-up to the winner of the ticket, who eventually won in the general elections.

Dapo Abiodun contested in the 2015 general elections, representing the All Progressive Congress for Ogun East Senatorial District but was unsuccessful and in 2018, he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Chairman of Corporate Affairs Commission.

In 2023, Dapo Abiodun released 49 prison inmates who had already served more than 20 years of their respective prison sentences.

Dapo Abiodun commuted the death sentences for 3 prisoners to life imprisonment.

The report noted that Dapo 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 Dapo Abiodun was elected governor.

Dapo Abiodun himself avoided questions on the topic but an associate of Dapo Abiodun claimed that the governor had meant to dissolve the companies but didn't notice that they had not been dissolved yet.

Dapo Abiodun has obtained a variety of awards as a governor, some of which include:.

Dapo Abiodun is married to his childhood sweetheart, Bamidele, and they have five children.

In 2017, their son, Gbemiga Dapo Abiodun who was 25, was found dead in his car along with a friend.

In October 2023 Dapo Abiodun set up a scholarship scheme for 550 students in memory of his son.