Amosun Ibikunle Omolaja

Ibikunle Amosun, born on 25 January 1958, is a Nigerian politician who has served as a former governor of Ogun State and a two-term senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He attended primary school at African Church Primary School in Abeokuta from 1965 to 1970, followed by African Church Grammar School in Abeokuta from 1971 to 1977. He later graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) from Ogun State Polytechnic in 1983.

Amosun became an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in 1990 and a Fellow in 1996. He also earned an Associate membership of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria in 1998.

His professional career began as an audit trainee with Lanre Aremu & Co. (Chartered Accountants) in 1984. He later worked as a managing consultant at XtraEdge Consulting and was Principal Partner of Ibikunle Amosun & Co. (Chartered Accountants) in Lagos from 1990 onwards.

He studied at the University of Westminster in London, obtaining a Master of Arts in International Finance in 2000.

In April 2003, Amosun was elected to the senatorial seat for Ogun Central District. His first term as senator lasted from June 2003 to June 2007, and he was reelected in 2019.

He ran unsuccessfully for governor in April 2007 on the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) platform but was defeated by Gbenga Daniel. His petition was dismissed by the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal in August 2009.

Amosun won the 2011 Ogun State gubernatorial election as an ACN candidate, securing 377,489 votes. He was sworn in on 29 May 2015 for a second term, choosing Yetunde Onanuga as his deputy governor.

After completing two terms as governor, he was elected as senator for Ogun Central District in 2019. A report in June 2019 alleged illegal importation of weapons and ammunition into Nigeria, which he denied, citing necessary approvals. Investigations later revealed discrepancies in his claims.

Amosun received several awards, including Best Security Conscious State Governor in West Africa (2012), Investment Development Icon Award (2013), Good Governor Award (2013), and Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) (2014). He also won Governor of the Year (2016) for leadership and infrastructural development.