Mustapha Abdulkareem Abiodun

Mustapha Abdulkareem Abiodun is a Nigerian politician born on January 1, 1972, with qualifications including a First School Leaving Certificate (WASSCE) and a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in Mechanical Engineering. His running mate is Shuaib Shittu Olaitan.

This profile references Mustapha Abdulkareem Adisa, a Nigerian major general who served as the military governor of Oyo State from August 1990 to January 1992 under General Ibrahim Babangida. Adisa was convicted in 1997 for involvement in an attempted coup against General Sani Abacha, was on death row when Abacha died in June 1998, and later pardoned.

General Sani Abacha appointed Adisa Minister of Works and Housing in November 1993. As minister, he investigated Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, absolving him of wrongdoing and continuing the National Housing Policy initiated by Jakande, which aimed to build affordable housing nationwide. However, the policy saw an increase in the price of each house type more than doubled.

Adisa was born in Ilorin (now in Kwara State), attended Quranic School in Ilorin from 1951 to 1953, Catholic Primary School, Ibuso Gboro Ibadan from 1953 to 1958, and Nigerian Military School, Zaria from 1962 to 1965. He entered the Nigerian Army as an officer cadet at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, in 1967 and graduated in 1970.

During the Nigerian Civil War, as a lieutenant, he was captured by Biafran forces in August 1967 and detained until January 1970.

Known for his no-nonsense governance, he erected a statue of the unknown soldier in front of Government House, Ibadan, which was later replaced by a statue of Obafemi Awolowo by Governor Lam Adesina before the second statue was also removed shortly after Adesina’s tenure ended.