in all ramifications. Jegede is a former Chancellor of Anglican Communion of Jalingo, Taraba State, he was once the Chancellor of Anglican Dioceses of Yola and a member of Implementation Committee of American University, Yola, Adamawa State, as well as a member, Chairman Board of Governors, ABTI Academy International School and member, Board of Trustees, Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo-State. Political career Jegede emerged the winner of his party’s PDP primary by polling 760 votes to defeat the Deputy Governorship Candidate of the PDP in the 2012 governorship election, Hon. Saka Lawal. On November 23, 2016, The Appeal Court pronounced Jegede as the gubernatorial flag bearer of his party, PDP. A position previously assumed by the billionaire and business mogul Jimoh Ibrahim. Jegede emerged the flag bearer of PDP Governorship Primary for Ondo State October 2020 election with a poll of 888 votes, he defeated the Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi who emerged the second runner-up with 657 votes. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Senior Advocates of Nigeria University of Lagos alumni 20th-century Nigerian lawyers