Jimi Agbaje was the 2015 PDP's Lagos State Governorship candidate, but he lost out to the eventual winner Akinwunmi Ambode.
13 Facts About Jimi Agbaje
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Jimi Agbaje was the 2019 Lagos State gubernatorial election candidate for PDP in the 2019 general elections.
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Jimi Agbaje was born on 2 March 1957 in Lagos State to late Chief Julius Kosebinu, a banker and Mrs Margaret Olabisi a teacher.
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Jimi Agbaje is the second child and first male child of five children including Segun Agbaje, CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank.
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In 1982, Jimi Agbaje founded his own company, JAYKAY Pharmaceutical and Chemical Company Limited and was managing director until 2005, when he decided to venture into politics.
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Jimi Agbaje was a member, Lagos State Task force on Fake and Adulterated Drugs, National Drug Formulary and Essential Drugs List and Lagos Hospitals Management Board.
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Jimi Agbaje sits on the board of other organizations including Oakwood Park Ltd, Atlantic Hall Secondary School Epe, Lagos, Jimi Agbaje Outreach and has served as business mentor at Fate Foundation.
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Jimi Agbaje was in one form of resistance group or the other which ultimately led him to join the socio-political organization, Afenifere where he served as national treasurer.
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Jimi Agbaje was among the 11 aspirants that turned their back to the Action Congress when it was alleged that Governor Bola Tinubu had already anointed someone else to succeed him even before the party primaries.
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Jimi Agbaje left DPA in 2011 and went on to join the ruling party, the People's Democratic Party, PDP following the de-registration of DPA by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
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In October 2018, Jimi Agbaje secured the PDP's ticket to run for the office of the governor of Lagos state.
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Jimi Agbaje lost to Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, in the Lagos state gubernatorial election on 9 March 2019.
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Jimi Agbaje is married to Abiola Agbaje, a lawyer.