Simon Ajibola

Simon (or Simeon) Ajibola became the Senator for the Kwara South Senatorial District of Kwara State in June 2004 and was reelected in 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Early life and education Ajibola obtained a graduate degree in Quantity Surveying from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979.

Political career He was elected Delegate to the National Constitution Conference (1994–1995).

After the return to democracy in 1999, Ajibola was Federal Commissioner, Revenue Mobilization, Allocation & Fiscal Commission (2001–2002). He was reelected in 2007 and was appointed to committees on Water Resources, Upstream Petroleum Resources, Security & Intelligence and Agriculture.

Ajibola ran again for the Kwara South Senate seat in the 9 April 2011 election and was returned for a third term. In December 2014, Senator Ajibola defeated the seemingly more popular candidates Dele Belgore and Gbemisola Saraki to clinch the PDP primaries to become the party flag bearer running for Governor of Kwara State in the 2015 Kwara State gubernatorial election, promising to give autonomy to the 16 Local government Councils in the state when elected as governor.

In the 2015 Nigerian elections, after preliminary polls showed Abdulfatah Ahmed far ahead in the race for state governor, Senator Ajibola sued to challenge the results of the election. The case was taken to a federal high court where it was thrown out, with a judge ruling that Senator Ajibola had no locus standi to sue.