Adebayo Adefarati

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Adebayo Adefarati (February 14, 1931^[1] – March 29, 2007) was a Nigerian politician. He was governor of Ondo State from 1999 to 2003, but was defeated when he ran for re-election in the latter year. He was a presidential candidate for the Alliance for Democracy in the April 2007 election,^[2] but died in Owo, Ondo State at the age of 76 of an undisclosed ailment a few weeks before the election.^[1] He had not been considered a major candidate. His death raised the possibility that the election would be delayed, but a spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission said that this would not happen, and that the party could name a replacement candidate.^[2]