- Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade
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Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade Administrator of Bayelsa State In office
27 June 1997 – 9 July 1998Preceded by Habu Daura Succeeded by Paul Obi Federal Minister of Special Duties Incumbent Assumed office
6 April 2010Personal details Born 30 November 1954
Ipoti-Ekiti, Ijero LGA, Ekiti State, NigeriaNavy Captain Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade (born 30 November 1954) is a former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State, Nigeria who was appointed Minister of Special Duties on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.[1]
Olubolade was born on 30 November 1954 at Ipoti-Ekiti in Ijero LGA of Ekiti State. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Navy in 1974, and attended courses including the Britannia Royal Naval College, UK in 1975 and the Naval College of Engineering, India in 1979.[2] On June 9, 1997 he was appointed Military Administrator of the newly created Bayelsa State by the military government of General Sani Abacha.[3] As governor, on 4 May 1998 he established the Bayelsa State Council for Arts & Culture.[4] Olubolade retired from the Nigerian Navy in 1999 at the start of the new democratic regime.[5]
In April 2006, Olubolade was briefly arrested during a House of Representatives by-election in the Ekiti South II Federal Constituency.[6] He was an aspirant to become Action Congress (AC) candidate for governor of Ekiti State in the April 2007 elections.[7] Later in 2006 he defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was appointed Chairman of the Ekiti State Project Monitoring Committee by Governor Segun Oni.[8]
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- ^ "ABOUT THE COUNCIL FOR ARTS & CULTURE". Bayelsa State Council for Arts & Culture. http://www.bayelsaartsng.com/sub2.html. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ Dare Babarinsa (2006-05-22). "Our Country, Their Garrison". ThisDay. http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=48779. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ Odunayo Ogunmola (2010-01-23). "Drama at Ekiti Tribunal as lawyer can’t differentiate between T-shirt and vest". The Nation. http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/33554/1/Drama-at-Ekiti-Tribunal-as-lawyer-cant-differentiate-between-T-shirt-and-vest-/Page1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ Raheem Akingbolu And Sheriff Balogun (23 April 2006). "Ekiti Bye-Election: Olubolade, Ex-Milad, 20 Others Arrested". ThisDay. http://allafrica.com/stories/200604240419.html. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
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Rasheed Adisa Raji
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Victor Ozodinobi
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Gregory Agboneni
Umar Farouk AhmedAbdulkadir Shehu
Bassey Asuquo
Ibrahim Kefas
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Tanko ZubairuIbrahim Aliyu
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Bzigu AfakiryaAbdullahi IbrahimCletus Komena Emein
Simeon OduoyeDaniel Akintonde
Sam EwangAnthony Udofia
Anthony ObiMohammed Mana
Habibu Idris ShuaibuYakubu Mu'azu
Rasheed Adisa RajiYohanna Dickson
Amen Edore OyakhireDabo Aliyu
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