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Adekunle Akinlade

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Adekunle Akinlade
Born (1969-10-09) 9 October 1969 (age 54)[1]
Ipokia, Ogun State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
OccupationPolitician

Adekunle Abdulkabir Akinlade Listen (born 9 October 1969) is a Nigerian politician. He represented Egbado South and Ipokia federal constituency in the House of Representatives.[2] He left the All Progressive Congress and joined the Allied Peoples Movement to run for Governor of Ogun State in the 2019 election.[3]

Early life

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Akinlade was born in Ipadilpopo Compound at Agosasa, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. He spent his early years travelling across the country with his father.[4][5]

Politics

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He was appointed Senior Special Assistant on Taxation and Revenue in July 2011. In this capacity, he oversaw the state Directorate of other Taxes at the Board of Internal Revenue Services (IRS). He joined the All Progressive Congress in the 2015 general elections to represent Egbado south and Ipokia at the federal house of representatives.[6] He defected to the Allied Peoples Movement to run in the 2019 governorship election, after failing to secure the APC nomination, which he lost to Dapo Abiodun.[7]

Personal life

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Akinlade married Chinenye Ochuba, a former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and Miss World Africa, in 2008.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "-The story of Hon. Adekunle Abdulkabir Akinlade".
  2. ^ "Adekunle Akinlade". Nigeria National Assembly. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Amosun's Candidate, Adekunle Akinlade, Dumps APC For APM".
  4. ^ "WHO IS OGUN APC CONSENSUS CANDIDATE? [THE STORY OF HON. ADEKUNLE ABDULKABIR AKINLADE".
  5. ^ "Hon. Adekunle Abdulkabir Akinlade".
  6. ^ "Biography of Adekunle Akinlade".
  7. ^ "God'll not forgive me if I stop Akinlade, others from moving to APM — Amosun".
  8. ^ "Kunle Akinlade, wife step out in style".
  9. ^ "That Amosun/Akinlade deal".