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Ayodele Fayose

Nigerian politician who served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of Ekiti State and was tried by the EFCC on money laundering and theft charges at the Federal High Court, Lagos.

FormerLatest source dated 2025-07-17Last reviewed 2026-10-26

What roles did Ayodele Fayose hold, and when?

Roles in date order

  1. 2003-05-29 to 2006-10-19
    Governor (first term), Ekiti State Government Former

    PDP Governor of Ekiti State; removed by impeachment by the State House of Assembly in October 2006, which a later Supreme Court ruling held to be illegal, according to the sources read.[1, 2]

  2. 2014-10-16 to 2018-10-16
    Governor (second term), Ekiti State Government Former

    Elected Governor of Ekiti State on the PDP platform; succeeded and was succeeded by Kayode Fayemi.[1]

Sources

  1. Past GovernorsEkiti State Government, primary source
  2. Nigerian governors that have been impeached since 1999The Guardian (Nigeria), secondary source

Change history

  • 2026-10-26 Record published.

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