Former Governor of Ondo State, Bamidele dies at 80

Former Governor of old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua is dead.

He died at the age of 80.

His death was confirmed by his eldest son, Muyiwa Olumilua who is currently the Ekiti State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation as he stated that the elder states man passed on in the early hours of Thursday in his country home, in Ikere-Ekiti.

The late Olomilua was the Governor of old Ondo State, Nigeria from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic.

He was elected under the platform of the Social Democratic Party until General Sani Abacha took over and restored a military regime.