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In the election, Ogun State voted for Bola Tinubu (APC); Tinubu won 58.9% of the vote to defeat Atiku Abubakar (PDP) at 21.4% and Peter Obi (LP) at 14.8%. Although the result was unsurprising as Ogun is in Tinubu's southwestern base and projections had favored him, the totals led to increased faith in Abiodun's chances due to Tinubu's wide ...
Despite the defections, the APC held the gubernatorial office by a narrow 3% margin and the party won a majority in the House of Assembly. Federally, the APC swept all three Senate seats and won most House of Representatives seats. For the presidency, Ogun was won by APC nominee Muhammadu Buhari with about 50% but swung slightly towards the PDP.
As of 12 November 2024, there are 21 states with APC governors, 12 states with PDP governors, 1 state each with APGA, Labour and NNPP governors. The current gubernatorial term ends and new term begins in May for most states, two to three months after their election.
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Ogun State in Nigeria. Salisu was elected to the National Senate for the Ogun West constituency in 2023, pulling a total of 96,759 votes to defeat his closest rival, Olumide Aderinokun of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), who pulled 52,440 votes. [4]
Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun MFR CON [1] ((Listen ⓘ); born 29 May 1960) is a Nigerian businessman and politician, who has served as Governor of Ogun State since May 2019. Currently a member of the All Progressive Congress, Abiodun first entered politics during the aborted Abacha transition in 1998 and remained active in politics until being elected governor in 2019.
The politics of Ogun State function within the framework of a presidential republic, with the Governor of Ogun State as both head of state and head of government. Ogun State is known for a politically engaged citizenry. [citation needed] The official seat of government is in Abeokuta. Under the Constitution, the executive power is vested in the ...
APC: 11 June 2019 – 28 October 2019 [5] [83] Unknown–May 2022 NNPP: May 2022–present [84] Ankpa/Omala/Olamaboro Ali Abdullahi Ibrahim: APC: 11 June 2019–present [5] Bassa/Dekina Hassan Abdullahi Baiwa: APC: 11 June 2019–present [5] Ibaji/Idah/Igalamela/Odolu David Idris Zacharias: APC: 11 June 2019–present [5] Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu ...