Deputy Governor of Oyo State | |
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since 18 July 2022 | |
Executive Branch of the Oyo State Government | |
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Status | Second highest executive branch officer |
Member of |
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Seat | Ibadan |
Nominator | Gubernatorial candidate |
Appointer | Direct popular election or, if vacant, Governor via House of Assembly confirmation |
Term length | Four years renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Nigeria |
Inaugural holder | Iyiola Oladokun (Fourth Republic) |
Succession | First |
Website | oyostate |
The deputy governor of Oyo State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Oyo State, Nigeria, after the governor of Oyo State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.
Bayo Lawal is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 18 July 2022, following the impeachment of his predecessor, Rauf Olaniyan. [1] [2]
As in the case of the Governor, in order to be qualified to be elected as deputy governor, a person must:
The deputy governor assists the governor in exercising primary assignments and is also eligible to replace a dead, impeached, absent or ill Governor as required by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. [3]
Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Elected | Governor |
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Sunday Afolabi (1931–2004) | 1 October 1979 | 1982 | 2–3 years | Unity Party of Nigeria | 1979 | Bola Ige |
Adebisi Akande (born 1939) | 1982 | 1 October 1983 | 0–1 year | Unity Party of Nigeria | ||
Olatunji Mohammed (1938–2000) | 1 October 1983 | 31 December 1983 | 91 days | National Party of Nigeria | 1983 | Victor Omololu Olunloyo |
Ahmed Gbadamosi | 2 January 1992 | 17 November 1993 | 1 year, 319 days | Social Democratic Party | 1991 | Kolapo Ishola |
Iyiola Oladokun | 29 May 1999 | 29 May 2003 | 4 years | Alliance for Democracy | 1999 | Lam Adesina |
Adebayo Alao-Akala (1950–2022) | 29 May 2003 | 12 January 2006 | 2 years, 228 days | Peoples Democratic Party | 2003 | Rashidi Ladoja |
Hazeem Gbolarumi (born 1957) | 23 January 2006 | 7 December 2006 | 318 days | Peoples Democratic Party | Adebayo Alao-Akala | |
Adebayo Alao-Akala (1950–2022) | 7 December 2006 | 29 May 2007 | 173 days | Peoples Democratic Party | Rashidi Ladoja | |
Taofeek Arapaja (born 1958) | 29 May 2007 | 29 May 2011 | 4 years | Peoples Democratic Party | 2007 | Adebayo Alao-Akala |
Moses Alake Adeyemo (born 1950) | 29 May 2011 | 29 May 2019 | 8 years | All Progressives Congress | 2011 2015 | Abiola Ajimobi |
Rauf Olaniyan (born 1960) | 29 May 2019 | 18 July 2022 | 3 years, 50 days | Peoples Democratic Party | 2019 | Seyi Makinde |
Bayo Lawal (born 1954) | 18 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 17 days | Peoples Democratic Party | 2023 |
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