Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade

Navy 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]

Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade
Administrator of Bayelsa State
In office
27 June 1997 – 9 July 1998
Preceded byHabu Daura
Succeeded byPaul Obi
Federal Minister of Special Duties
In office
6 April 2010 – 2015
Personal details
Born (1954-11-30) 30 November 1954
Ipoti-Ekiti, Ijero LGA, Ekiti State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/serviceNigerian Navy
RankNavy Captain

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 9 June 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 (Fourth Republic).[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. Olubolade was a front runner in the Ekiti state governorship race 2014 election, under the Peoples Democratic Party. Olubolade formerly declared his governorship ambition on Saturday, 22 February 2014, at the PDP state secretariat Ado Ekiti[8]

References
  1. "Ministers - the Profiles". ThisDay. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  2. Golu Timothy (10 April 2010). "New Ministers: Jonathan's Cabinet In Focus". Leadership. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  3. "Bayelsa State". Bayelsa State. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  4. "ABOUT THE COUNCIL FOR ARTS & CULTURE". Bayelsa State Council for Arts & Culture. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  5. Dare Babarinsa (22 May 2006). "Our Country, Their Garrison". ThisDay. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  6. Odunayo Ogunmola (23 January 2010). "Drama at Ekiti Tribunal as lawyer can't differentiate between T-shirt and vest". The Nation. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  7. Raheem Akingbolu And Sheriff Balogun (23 April 2006). "Ekiti Bye-Election: Olubolade, Ex-Milad, 20 Others Arrested". ThisDay. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  8. "Who is who on ministerial list". Transparency for Nigeria. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.


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