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

Ekiti State Ekiti State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkìtì) is a state in southwestern Nigeria, bordered to the north by Kwara State, to the northeast by Kogi State, to the south and southeast by Ondo State, and to the west by Osun State. Named for the Ekiti ...

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, taking office on 30 June 2009. He is a member of the

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(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 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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