Bamidele Akingboye
30 Oct
The deputy governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Susan Alabi, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the forthcoming November 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Alabi, who was received into the ruling APC fold during the campaign tour of Akoko North West Local Council Area of the state by…
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The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Ondo State, Bamidele Akingboye, has disclosed that his blueprint would in no small measure transform the state economy and tackle the issue of insecurity in the state. According to Akingboye, who stated this in Akure, the state capital, the…
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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has unveiled Otunba Bamidele Akingboye popularly known as OBA as its governorship candidate for the 2024 Ondo State Governorship election. SDP in a statement on Wednesday described Akingboye as a philanthropist, business tycoon, and first-rate technocrat with decades of national and international experience. "He emerged as the SDP Candidate through…
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A governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming Ondo State gubernatorial election, Bamidele Akingboye, has assured the people of the state of a new dawn if he emerges as the standard-bearer ...
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