The immediate past Ekiti Deputy Governor Otunba Bisi Ekbemi died. He is 78 years old.
Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi (born 8 May 1944) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He served as the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State from 2018 to 2022.
Bisi Egbeyemi Early Life
Bisi Egbeyemi attended St. Saviour’s Primary School, Ado-Ekiti and Holy Trinity Anglican School, Ilawe-Ekiti (1958) and Baptist School, Ado-Ekiti (1959). He then attended Harding Memorial Secondary Modern School where he obtained his Modern School Certificate in 1962.
He passed his West Africa School Certificate Examination as a private student in 1965 when he was a laboratory assistant at Barabo College, Ekiti, Ekiti and Bursar at Notre Dame Grammar School, Uzi-Ekiti from 1969 to 1972. and both G.E.C. ‘O’ Level and Higher Level Examinations. He then attended the Lagos College of Education where he studied Biology and Physical Education and graduated with distinction in Physical Education. He studied law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) from 1977 to 1980 and was at the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos between 1980 and 1981, where he obtained his Barrister in Law Certificate and was called to the bar in 1981. Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Bisi Egbeyemi career
Early in his career as a leader, Bisi Ekbemi was the President of the Law Students Association of the University of Ife in the 1978-1979 session, he was appointed and President of the Judiciary Commissioner and Attorney General in Ekiti State (2002-2003). Physical Education Students Association of Lagos College of Education, Akoka Lagos (1974-1975). He was a director of Owena Motels in Ondo State and a director of Odua Investment Company Limited between 2010 and 2014. They won the 2017 Ekiti governorship election under the All Progressives Congress alongside Governor Kayode Fayemi. Kayode Fayemi’s decision to name him as Vice-Chancellor met with criticism as many thought he was forced to do so, although he said he chose him because people felt his name was mentioned in Ado Ekiti and Ekiti. support him. On 17 July 2020, he denied the impeachment rumor after some news agency reported that he would be impeached by the governor. He described the rumor as a web of lies and wicked lies against innocent people.
Kayode Fayemi picks PC Ekbemi for 2018 Ekiti state governorship election under APC On Sunday, 15 July 2018, Kayode Fayemi and PC Ekbemi were declared winners of the Ekiti state gubernatorial election. They polled 197,459 votes while PDP got 178,121. He was sworn in as the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State on 16 October 2018 in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State.
Bisi Egbeyemi is the cause of death
Ekbemi, who was the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State between 2018 and 2022, died on Friday around 8pm after a brief illness.
Ekbemi’s last public appearance was on February 25 during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
A close associate of Ekbemi told The Nation that the former deputy governor died at a private hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
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