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The 2007 Oyo State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Oyo State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Christopher Alao-Akala won the election, defeating Abiola Ajimobi of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. [1] [2]
A total of 15 candidates contested in the election. Christopher Alao-Akala from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Abiola Ajimobi from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Registered voters was 1,793,476. [3] [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PDP | Christopher Alao-Akala | 357,972 | |||
ANPP | Abiola Ajimobi | 239,189 | |||
PDP hold |
Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala is a Nigerian politician and former police officer. Akala is a former Governor of Oyo State and was a candidate of the ADP in 2019 Governorship election in Oyo State.
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Senator Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi was a Nigerian politician from Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. He was formerly the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum, Nigeria. He left the oil sector in 2002 after 26 years of meritorious service and was elected in 2003 as a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria representing Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). After one term in the senate, he contested in 2007 for the governorship seat of Oyo state under the banner of the All Nigeria People's Party, a bid which he lost. He contested again in the April 2011 gubernatorial elections under the Action Congress of Nigeria and was elected Governor of Oyo State in a closely contested vote. In 2019, he was succeeded by Oluwaseyi Makinde. He contested for Senator for his senatorial district but lost. In June 2020, he was confirmed to have COVID-19 and was announced dead on the 25th of June.
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