Buhari Congratulates Former Osun Gov., Akande On 78th Birthday
Chief Adebisi Akande [/caption]
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former governor of Osun State, Chief Adebisi Akande on the occasion of his 78h birthday.
In his words, the President described Akande as an elder statesman and founding Interim Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
I congratulate Chief Adebisi Akande, elder statesman & founding Interim Chairman of our All Progressives Congress,on his 78th birthday today pic.twitter.com/n3iEiVJ5SO
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) January 16, 2017
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Akande, who was born in Ila Orangun, in the present Osun State, was first interim Chairman of the APC. He served as the governor of the state between 1999 – 2003.
He succeeded Col. Theophilus Bamigboye, who had been named as the military administrator of the State in August 1998, and who handed over power on 29 May 1999. Akanded was elected on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD).
In September 2006, Bisi Akande’s party merged with other opposition parties to form the Action Congress Party, which later changed their name to the Action Congress of Nigeria.
In February 2013 the party announced plans to merge with the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and a faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to form the All Progressives Congress (APC)
