Festus Olabode Ola (born 12 November 1956) was elected Senator for Ekiti Central constituency of

Ekiti State Ekiti () is a state in southwestern Nigeria, bordered to the North by Kwara State for 61 km, to the Northeast by Kogi State for 92 km, to the South and Southeast by Ondo State, and to the West by Osun State for 84 km. Named for the Ekiti ...

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, taking office on 30 June 2009. He is a member of the Action Congress (AC) party. Ola obtained a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy in 1982. He was employed in the Foreign Service (1983–2004). In the 2007 elections

Adefemi Kila Adefemi Kila (born 14 December 1945) is a Nigerians, Nigerian politician and engineer who served in the Senate, representing Ekiti Central in April 2007 just after working for Julius Berger (cellist), Julius Berger Nigerian Plc for 30 yea ...

of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) was declared the winner for Ekiti Central. However, on 30 June 2009, the Court of Appeal quashed Kila's election and declared Bode Ola the lawful winner of the April 2007 poll. A deciding factor was that 19,000 of the ballots cast for Chief Kila had the same serial number.

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Living people Yoruba politicians 1956 births Ekiti State politicians Senators of the 6th National Assembly (Nigeria) Action Congress of Nigeria politicians {{Ekiti-politician-stub