Clarence Olafemi is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

politician who was appointed acting Governor of

Kogi State Kogi State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the s ...

in February 2008, after the election of governor

Ibrahim Idris Ibrahim Idris (born 1949) is a Nigeria businessman who was elected governor of Kogi State in Nigeria in April 2003, and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Idris was succeeded by his brother-in-law C ...

was annulled. He handed back to Ibrahim Idris on 29 March 2008 after Idris had won a fresh election. Olafemi was born in the

Mopa-Muro Mopa-Muro is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Mopa on the A123 highway. It has an area of and a population of 44,037 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known local ...

Local Government Area of Kogi State. He is a graduate of

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

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. He was a governorship candidate in the old

Kwara State Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...

. Olafemi was elected to the Kogi State house of assembly for the Mopamuro Constituency in April 2007 on the

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(PDP) platform. In September 2007, the Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal in

Lokoja Lokoja is a city in Nigeria. It lies at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and is the capital city of Kogi State. While the Yoruba (Oworo), Bassa Nge and Nupe are indigenous to the area, other ethnic groups of Nigeria, including the ...

nullified his election. He appealed this decision, and in February 2008, the Court of Appeal in

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upturned the judgement. In July 2008, he was called before the

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(EFCC) to explain his role in the alleged misappropriation of N12 billion belonging to the state. In April 2010, he was an aspirant to become a candidate for the 2011 Kogi State governorship elections.

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