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PDP Ondo chapter on wed Annouced its candidate for the October 20th Governorship Election In Ondo State,Its Candidate is former Legal Adviser Dr Olusola Oke who will slug it out with Dr Segun Mimiko and Barrister Akeredolu,here is the profile of the 3 leading candidates
Born on 7th of April, 1956, in Ilowo a coastal town in Ilaje Local government Area of Ondo State, he attended UNA Primary School, Ode-Ilowo between 1961-1963. Between 1963 and 1973, he engaged in subsistence high sea fishing, a career in which he acquired great fame.
His quest for knowledge compelled him to abandon fishing to the amazement of his fishermen colleagues and returned to Methodist Primary School, Ilepete in 1973 to complete his primary school education. He later proceeded to Methodist Secondary Modern School, Ilepete where he graduated in 1976. He attended Ilaje Grammar School, Atijere, a primary School in Ilaje Local Government where Chief Oke baged his WASC in 1980. Taught briefly as auxiliary Teacher at Happy city college Ayetero, Ilaje Local Government and Methodist High School, Okitipupa.
In October 1981, he was admitted to Ondo State School of Arts and Science, Ikare where he was, when the prestigious University of Ife offered him admission in 1982 to study law.
In 1986 Chief Oke bagged a Degree in Law and proceeded same year to the Nigeria Law School. In 1987, he was called to the Nigeria Bar and enrolled at the Supreme Court as Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Joined the firm of Chief Olufemi Lanlehin, Ikeja, Lagos, in November 1987 from where he moved to Okitipupa in Ondo State and opened a firm of Solicitors, Olusola Oke & Associate on the 14th of July, 1988. He was later elected into the House of Representatives in 1992 to represent Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency. Before this, he was appointed a member, Ondo State Internal Revenue Board. In 2000, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria appointed and inaugurated him as a commissioner representing Ondo State on the Governing Board of NDDC where he served meritoriously for four years. In 2005, he was appointed by the President as member of the National Political Reform Conference. While there, the Ondo State Government appointed him as the Chairman and CEO of Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) a position he held until he voluntarily resigned in October, 2006 to run for PDP ticket for Ondo South Senatorial District. At the primary election, he was returned as candidate having secured not less than 75% of the votes cast in a race involving three (3) aspirants. He also campaigned for the general election and scored 318,000 votes. His victory was aborted by intra-party mischief which was endorsed by the Supreme Court in July 2008.
Before the decision of the Supreme Court upholding his supplant by a loser, he had contested and won party election as the National Legal Adviser of our great party, a position he now occupies. He is a member of the recently constituted Technical committee on Niger Delta
Olusegun Mimiko is the current governor of Ondo State, Nigeria. He was born on 3 October 1954, to Pa and Mrs. Atiku Bamidele Mimiko of Ondo, Ondo State. His great, great grandfather was the High Chief Adaja Gbegbaje of Ondo. His great grandfather, Chief Akinmeji, was the distinguished Ruwase of Ondo. His grandfather, Pa Famimikomi, was an accomplished man. His gallantry in those long years attracted great respect, some of which rubbed-off on his own son, the late Pa A. B. Mimiko, himself an accomplished manager of men and materials, a cocoa plantation farmer, an avid reader and monitor of global developments, an erudite social commentator and a compassionate leader of men. Dr. Mimiko’s mother is of the eminent Ogunsulie family of Ondo Kingdom.
Dr. Olusegun Mimiko competed in gubernatorial elections on April 14, 2007, against the incumbent Olusegun and lost the contest in April 2007 according to the result released by the Independent Electoral Commission INEC. Mimiko contested this decision at the election tribunal and Agagu lost office on February 23, 2009 following an AppealCourt ruling which cited irregularities in the 2007 election, and was replaced by Mimiko as governor. Mimiko is currently the first and only member of the Labour Party to win gubernatorial office in Nigeria.
Akeredolu was born on 21 July 1956 in Owo, Ondo State. He attended the Loyola College in Ibadan He went on to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) to study Law, graduating in 1977.He was called to the Nigerian Bar 1978.
Akeredolu was appointed Attorney General of Ondo State from 1997-1999. In 1998 he became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He was Chairman of the Legal Aid Council (2005–2006).In November 2009 he face allegations of corruption when the Bar Association’s Third Vice-President, Welfare Secretary and Assistant Financial Secretary circulated a petition entitled “Complaints against your fraudulent manifestations, violation of the NBA”
In a lecture in December 2009, Akeredolu said no amount of electoral reform or judiciary system could give Nigeria free and fair elections, if Nigerians themselves refused to take practical steps to ensure that their votes count. Later that month he stated that Umaru Yar’Adua, the President of Nigeria should have handed over to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan in an acting capacity during his illness, a statement that was backed up by the Nigerian Bar Association who said he was authorized to speak on their behalf.
In November 2011, Akeredolu was among a crowd of aspirants to be Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate for Governor of Ondo State in the 2013 elections. In an interview that month, Akeredolu said that he had become well known and respected as president of the Bar, and described himself as a progressive. If elected, his priorities would include agricultural development, fish farming for export, improvements to education, jobs for youths and improved roads. He would provide free education and primary health care. He was in favor of increased subsidies and greater local control over public spending.
