Meet Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, who was popularly known as a Lawyer and also the ex-deputy governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria. He passed away on the 18 March 2023 at the age of 78 years old.
Egbeyemi was a prominent figure in Ekiti State politics and contributed to the development of his community. Let’s read his full Wikipedia biodata, net worth and biography below.
Bisi Egbeyemi Biography
Bisi Egbeyemi was the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State from 2018 to 2022. He was born on May 8, 1944, in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, and passed away on March 18, 2023, at the age of 78.
Egbeyemi was a member of the All-Progressive Congress political party and studied law at Obafemi Awolowo University. He worked as a lawyer and served as the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State under Governor Kayode Fayemi from 2018 to 2022.
Education | Qualification
Bisi Egbeyemi went to St. Saviour’s Primary School, Ado-Ekiti, Holy Trinity Anglican School Ilawe-Ekiti, and Baptist School, Ado-Ekiti.
He then attended Harding Memorial Secondary Modern School and got his Modern School Certificate in 1962.
While working as a laboratory assistant at Ekiti Parapo College, Ido-Ekiti, he privately studied and passed his West Africa School Certificate Examination.
Later, he became a bursar at Notre Dame Grammar School Usi-Ekiti from 1969 to 1972 and passed both G.C.E. ‘O’Level and Advanced Level Examinations.
Egbeyemi went to the University of Lagos College of Education and studied Biology and Physical Education, where he received a Distinction in Physical Education.
He later studied law at the University of Ife (Now Obafemi Awolowo University) from 1977 to 1980.
He completed his Barrister at Law Certificate at the Nigerian Law School Victoria Island, Lagos, in 1981 and was called to the Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Age | Date of Birth | Hometown
Bisi Egbeyemi served as the deputy governor of Ekiti State from 2018 to 2022 ((premiumtimesng.com)). He was born in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on May 8, 1944.
He died on March 18, 2023, at the age of 78. His country and race are both Nigerian. His home state is Ekiti State, and he was born in the city of Ado-Ekiti.
Family | Children | Wife
We have no information available on the internet about his family, children, or wife.
Net Worth
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Career
In 1978–1979, Bisi Egbeyemi was President of the Law Students Association at the University of Ife. This was one of his first jobs as a leader. He was the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General in Ekiti State from 2002 to 2003.
He was also the President of the Physical Education Students Association at the University of Lagos College of Education in Akoka, Lagos (1974–1975). Between 2010 and 2014, he was the Director of Owena Motels in the state of Ondo and the Director of Odua Investment Company Limited.
He ran for governor of Ekiti with Kayode Fayemi in 2017 as a member of the All-Progressive Congress, and they won the election. Kayode Fayemi’s choice to make him his deputy was criticized because many people thought he had pushed for it.
He said, though, that his party chose him because they think people will support him if his name is brought up in Ado Ekiti and in Ekiti as a whole.
On July 17, 2020, he put an end to a rumor that the Governor was going to impeach him. The rumor had been spread by a news agency. He said that the rumor was made up of lies and bad lies that hurt innocent people.
Deputy Governor of Ekiti State 2018 – 2022
Kayode Fayemi chose Bisi Egbeyemi to run with him for governor of Ekiti State under the APC in 2018. On July 15, 2018, Kayode Fayemi and Bisi Egbeyemi were named the winners of the Ekiti State Governorship election.
They got 197,459 votes, which was more than the PDP’s 178,121. On October 16, 2018, in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, he was sworn in as the state’s vice governor.
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