Ali Olanusi
Deputy Governor of Ondo State
In office
24 February 2009 – 27 April 2015
GovernorOlusegun Mimiko
Preceded byOmolade Oluwateru
Succeeded byLasisi Oluboyo
Personal details
Born (1942-02-28) 28 February 1942
Supare Akoko, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Ondo State, Nigeria)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • technocrat
  • administrator

Ali Olanusi (born 28 February 1942) is a Nigerian politician, he was deputy governor of Ondo State, Nigeria from February 2009 till his impeachment in April 2015.[1][2][3]

Early life

Ali Olanusi was born in Supare Akoko, a town in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria.[4] He attended Ansarudeen College, Ikare where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate. On completion of his secondary education, he was employed as a teacher at modern school in Ogbagi, Ondo State but left the school to join the services of Lagos State Ministry of Transport. Although he had no degree certificate, according to him “My greatest regret in life is that I am not a graduate. It is the fact that I did not have a degree certificate from any university within or outside Nigeria. However, I don’t have inferiority complex”.[5]

Political life

He began his political career as a member of the Unity Party of Nigeria before he joined the Social Democratic Party and was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party.[6] On 24 February 2009, he was sworn in as the deputy governor of Ondo State on the platform of the Labour Party after the previous deputy governor Omolade Oluwateru's reelection was notified by a Court of Appeal. He was re-elected again on the same platform in October 2012.[7] On Thursday 26 March 2015, he defected to the All Progressives Congress[8][9] having previously defected with governor Olusegun Mimiko from the Labour Party to the Peoples Democratic Party in October 2014.[10][11] He was impeached by the Ondo State House of Assembly on 27 April 2015, following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress a month earlier.[12][1] His impeachment was nullified by a Court of Appeal on 24 March 2017.[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 George, Taiwo (27 April 2015). "Ondo deputy governor, Olanusi, impeached". The Cable. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Leadership Newspaper (26 March 2015). "Ondo Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi Resigns From PDP". Nigerian News from Leadership News. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "'PDP national leaders messed up party'". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mimiko's Deputy Dumps PDP, Declares for APC!". The Anchor Online. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "My greatest regret is not being a graduate – Ondo dep gov". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ondo Deputy Governor Leaves PDP for APC, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ondo Gubernatorial Poll: Mimiko dumps Agunloye, retains Olanusi as deputy, ACN picks Akeredolu as flag bearer". DailyPost Nigeria. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Why I dumped PDP for APC — Ali Olanusi, Ondo Deputy Governor - Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Breaking: PDP In Disarray As Ondo Deputy Gov. Decamps To APC". nigeriatell.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mimiko defection unsettles Ondo PDP, LP". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Governor Mimiko's deputy, Ali Olanusi dumps PDP for APC - DailyPost Nigeria". DailyPost Nigeria. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  12. ↑ Abimboye, Micheal (27 April 2015). "Ondo deputy governor, Ali Olanusi, impeached". Premium Times. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Appeal Court reverses impeachment of former Ondo deputy governor". Premium Times. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Olanusi: Former d-gov impeached by Assembly, restored by court". Vanguard. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2023.


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