Adebisi Akande

Adebisi Akande
Akande in 2019
Governor of Osun State
In office
29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003
DeputyIyiola Omisore
Preceded byTheophilus Bamigboye
Succeeded byOlagunsoye Oyinlola
Deputy Governor of Oyo State
In office
1982 – 1 October 1983
GovernorBola Ige
Preceded bySunday Afolabi
Succeeded byOlatunji Mohammed
Personal details
Born (1939-01-16) 16 January 1939 (age 85)
Ila Orangun, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Osun State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
OccupationPolitician
Websitebisiakande.com

Chief Abdulkareem Adebisi Bamidele Akande CFR (// ; born 16 January 1939) is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003, as a member of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) party. He was the first interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.[1]

Akande previously served as the deputy governor of Oyo State from 1982 to 1983 during the Second Nigerian Republic, under Governor Bola Ige, following the resignation of Sunday Afolabi.

  1. ^ "Political Parties > Action Congress". INEC (Independent National Electoral Committee). Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

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