Babatunde O. Gbadamosi (born 15 October 1967), is a Nigerian businessman, real estate developer and politician.

Early life

Gbadamosi was born on October 15, 1967, in

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to the family of the late Fatai Gbadamosi and Alhaja Jemilat Gbadamosi. Gbadamosi is first of the thirteen children of His late father, Fatai Gbadamosi. Gbadamosi's early life was reflective of the saying, “it takes a village to raise a child”.

Education

Between 1972 and 1978, Gbadamosi Attended K. Kotun Memorial Nursery and Primary School,

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. He Attended Government College Lagos, Eric Moore Road,

, from 1978 To 1981 then moved to Government College Victoria Island and finished at Government College Ikorodu In 1985. He then attended the now defunct Lagos State School of Basic Studies, Agindingbi, Ikeja. Gbadamosi attended The Lagos State University (LASU) from 1986 to 1989.

Political career

In 1994, Gbadamosi joined the UK Branch of the National Conscience Party, which he represented in NADECO Forum ( UK), a broad coalition of political groups and

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formed to help return

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to democracy. As an active member of the forum, he helped organise the epochal Nigerian Democracy Week, culminating on June 12, 1995. On his return to Nigeria in 2007, he supported the candidacy of PDP's Senator

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for the Governorship of Lagos State, and formally joined the PDP 2008. He contested for the party's nomination to run as candidate for Governor of Lagos State in 2011 and again In 2015. He joined the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in 2017, and won the party's primary election in October 2018. He was the ADP candidate in the 2019 Lagos State Gubernatorial election in which he was the second runner up. Gbadamosi rejoined the People's Democratic Party in March 2020. On September 5, 2020, he was announced as the candidate for the People's Democratic party in the October 31, 2020, Lagos East Senatorial district Bye-election. The court fined him after he lost at the tribunal.

Business career

On his arrival in the UK in 1990, Gbadamosi started out working in small retail and service businesses, worked at

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as a mailman for a while, then London Underground as a station assistant, and did a stint as a mini-cab driver, and then got bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. He started out with his own cab firm, went into recruitment, and then into IT recruitment and finally into IT Training, Consultancy and Certification. 2003 – 2021 Redbrick Homes International Ltd - Director 2000 – 2007 Esstech Ltd, T/A Esstech College – Director 1997 – 1999 Akorn Recruitment Ltd - Director 1995 – 1997 Chequers Cars Ltd - Director 1990 – 1993 Various retail/clerical jobs, including 7-11, Royal Mail & Top Rank Bingo

Associations

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EKO Club Lagos
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Government College Ikorodu Old Students Association
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Government College Lagos Old
Member of LASU Alumnus Association, United Kingdom

References

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