Isiaka Adeyemi Ajimobi

Biographical record

Surname

Ajimobi

First Name

Isiaka

Other Names

Adeyemi

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

December 16, 1949

Date of Death

June 25, 2020

State of Origin

Oyo

Place of Birth

Oja-Iba, Ibadan.

Name of Spouse

Mrs. Florence Ajimobi

Names of Children

5

Profession

Politician

Working Experience

Senior Consultant Management and Industrial Consulting firm Nigeria Finance and Admin Controller Modulor Group Operations Controller, Marketing Controller, Nestle Foods PLC Consumer Products Manager, Divisional Manager, National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company 1979 Area Manager Ibadan Business District Lubricants Manager National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company Operations Director Shell Marketing Company in Togo covering some West African countries Oil Sales Manager National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company 1996 Executive director- Marketing National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company 1998 Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company 2001

Schools Attended with Dates

Saint Patrick Primary School, Oke-Padre in Ibadan, St. Patrick, Abebi, ICC Primary school, Aperin, Lagelu Grammar School, State University New York, Governors state university, Illinois

Educational Qualification

B.Sc (Honors) in Business Administration and Finance

Masters of Science (MBA)

Previous Appointments

Senator of the Republic of Nigeria; Principal officer in the Senate serving as the Deputy Minority leader of the Senate, 2003

Gubernatorial election candidate under the umbrella of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) 2007

Governor of Oyo State May 2011, All Progressive Congress

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

Yes

If "Yes", please state the party(ies) and offices you have held with dates

All Progressive Congress (APC)

Other Relevant Information

In 2003, Ajimobi became a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria. He was a principal officer in the Senate, serving as the Deputy Minority leader of the Senate. In 2007, He contested the gubernatorial election under the umbrella of the All Nigeria Peoples Party but lost. Ajimobi contested again in 2011 under the Action Congress of Nigeria and won.

He contested for a second term in April 11, 2015 under the All Progressive Congress for re-election against two of his predecessors in office, Christopher Alao Akala and Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja. In the event of his re-election into office as the Governor, Ajimobi is the first person to occupy the seat twice and as well in succession.



Ajimobi was elected as All Progressive Congress Oyo South senatorial candidate on 28 September 2018.

On March 9, 2019, Ajimobi lost the Oyo South senatorial district seat to People’s Democratic Party Kola Balogun.
On June 17, The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) endorsed Ajimobi as the acting national chairman of the party.

On June 18, Ajimobi was rumoured to have died but it turned out to be false.