Here are the autobiography of Teslim Folarin : Born on October 1963, was elected Senator for the Oyo Central constituency of Oyo State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2003, and was reelected in 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Folarin obtained a BSc. in Political Science from the University of Ibadan and an MCSE from Elite College, London. He is a protégé of late Chief Lamidi Adedibu,the then power broker in Oyo state.After resuming his seat in the Senate in 2007 he was appointed Senate Leader, and was appointed to committees on Selection, Rules & Business and Marine Transport. In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, he personally sponsored a bill to amend the Insurance Act and led the debate on all executive bills in the Senate. In February 2010 he was reported to have denied the PDP nomination for the third term at the senate by Alao Alaka,the former governor of the state in the 2011 elections . On Thursday 30 December 2010 venue of the PDP local government congress at IDC Primary School, Olunloyo, in Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state Senator folarin was in company of his aides when the NURTW boss in the state Alhaji Abdul Lateef Salako, also known as Eleweomo was murdered in cold blood. Though he claimed he knows nothing about the murder, the police arrested him and subsequently charged him to court for the murder but he was released in controversial circumstances on the 1st of January 2011 to participate in the PDP primaries holding in Abuja . He showed interest in becoming the governor of the state in the 2015 under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party. More to come.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 09:27:08 +0000
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