Akinruntan Abayomi Babatunde

Prince Abayomi Babatunde Akinruntan, born October 21, 1973, is a businessman, politician, and currently a member and parliamentary secretary of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ilaje constituency 1.

Abayomi is the son of King Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, a wealthy traditional ruler in Ugbo Kingdom, a town in Ilaje Local Government, Ondo State, Nigeria. He started his education at Sacred Heart Nursery/Primary School in Ibadan and proceeded to Command Secondary School, both in Ibadan.

He began his tertiary education at the Polytechnic, Ibadan, where he read Art and Design and obtained a National Diploma in 1995. Prince Abayomi also holds an LL.B {Hons} in Law from the former Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University).

Prince Abayomi was actively involved in the operations of Obat Oil and Petroleum Limited, one of Nigeria's major indigenous oil companies. In 2001, he became the Operations Manager of Obat Oil, overseeing the company's Ibadan headquarters and service outlets.

He serves as the Director, Operations for Febson Hotel Nigeria Ltd, an ultra-modern facility in Abuja, and is affiliated with firms such as Prince Aando Nigeria Limited (Oil and Gas), Bellefull Integrated Resources Limited, Aando Apartments (Hotels and Towers), De Ark Entertainment and Records, and 2110 Oil and Gas.

In 2011, he was appointed Group Executive Director, Operations, Obat Group, and served as the Ondo State pioneer coordinator for the Nigeria Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) office in Yenagoa.

Abayomi ventured into active politics in Ondo State. He started his political career in 2011 by contesting for the Nigerian House of Representatives but was denied a ticket under the Labour Party. In 2015, he contested and won the Ondo State House of Assembly election.

After his first four years in the legislative house, he decamped from the PDP to the APC on April 17, 2017, and was reelected as a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly in 2020 under the All Progressive Congress.