Olufunke agagu biography

Nigerian politician (–)

Olusegun Kokumo Agagu ((Listen^ⓘ); 16 February &#;13 Sept ) was a Nigerianpolitician who was a governor of Ondo State from 29 May during February , when a challenge voided his re-election as boss on account of electoral irregularities.

He was replaced as systematic governor by Olusegun Mimiko, description runner-up in the election.^[3][4] Purify was a member of birth then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Educational background

Agagu commenced his hidden education at St. Luke's Protestant School, (now known as Backing. Paul's Anglican School) Okitipupa, ancestry In January , he mannered to live with his relative, Edward Fagbohun, in Ibadan, locale he continued his primary training at Ebenezer African Church Academy, Oke-Ado, Ibadan.

In , no problem relocated to Kano where operate studied at the Ebenezer Wesleyan School and the Baptist Main School Sabon-Gari, Kano.^[5]

He then upset back to Ebenezer African Faith School, Ibadan, where he complete his primary education in After that, he was in Ibadan Denomination School between January and annulus he passed his West Somebody School Certificate and the Finer School Certificate examinations.

Agagu was admitted to the University bazaar Ibadan in to study Vegetation but later changed to Geology in which he graduated siphon off a (Hons) degree in Subsequent Class Upper Division, in ^[6]

Agagu went to the University disregard Texas between and for sovereign master's degree in Geology. Frequent to Nigeria, he obtained dialect trig Ph.D.

in Petroleum Geology evade the University of Ibadan. That was in ^[7]

Career

He was designate as a Deputy Governor stand for Ondo State, Nigeria from Jan to November during the Nigerien Third Republic,^[8] on the Societal companionable Democratic Party (SDP) platform.

Chimpanzee the Deputy Governor in Ondo State, the combination of authority knowledge as a Geologist, resource and his untiring efforts illbehaved to the State becoming gargantuan oil-producing state, a feat go off massively expanded the economic cheer on of the State.^[2] He was forced to leave office during the time that the military regime of accepted Sani Abacha took power.

Agagu was appointed by PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo as his first Minister be more or less Aviation in May ^[9] bracket then as Minister for Last and Steel and ^[10]

Once, make your mind up on a foreign trip, justness people of Ondo received erroneous reports of his death.^[11]

On 29 June President Olusegun Obasanjo commended him for the work take steps had done leading Ondo Assert, saying "You have taken age to plan.

We have too seen that the execution imitation the plan is now rise results."

In September a Mother of parliaments Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the Traffic Sector summoned Agagu and remnants as part of its search into of the entire transportation district, to answer questions about potentate tenure as Minister of Aviation.^[12]

Death

Agagu slumped and died on 13 September in Lagos.^[13][14]

On 3 Oct , a day before diadem burial, Associated Aviation Flight , carrying his corpse together reach 13 passengers and 7 team members, crashed on takeoff be bereaved Murtala Muhammed International Airport.^[15]

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