Former Ondo State Governor Is Dead

Former Ondo State Governor is dead.

NewsOne Nigeria reports that a former governor of old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua is dead.

It was learned that the second civilian governor of the State passed on in the early hours of Thursday, June 4, in his country home, in Ikere-Ekiti. The elder statesman was 80-years-old.

A close member of the family in Ekiti State where the deceased former Ondo state governor hailed from confirmed Olumilua ‘s death and his eldest son, Muyiwa Olumilua who is currently the Ekiti State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation confirmed the death of his father.

The late Olomilua was the Governor of old Ondo State, Nigeria from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic. The former Ondo State Governor was elected under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) until General Sani Abacha took over and restored a military regime.