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The Ogun State gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress in the April 2007 election, was assassinated near Covenant University in Otta, Ogun State.!

Dipo Dina

Nigerian Politician

Otunba Dipo Dina (July 15, 1960 - January 25, 2010) was a Nigerian politician, philanthropist, administrator, community leader and chartered accountant from Ogun State.

Early life and career

Adedipupo Akanni Dina was born on July 15, 1960, into the Dipo Alapo Ekun family of Iyanro, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.

DIPO DINA: A DREAM SHATTERED BY BULLETS It was on Monday 25th of January 2010, DD as he was fondly called was on his way to his Ikoyi residence after.

Otunba Dipo Dina, then former Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in Ogun State in the 2007 elections, was assassinated on January 25, 2010.

The Ogun State gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress in the April 2007 election, was assassinated near Covenant University in Otta, Ogun State.

Congress governorship candidate in the 2007 elections in Ogun State, Otunba Dipo Dina, was late on Monday evening shot dead by yet unknown gunmen near Sango.

The will and testament of deceased Ogun State Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate, Dipo Dina, was made known on Friday at the probate court of the.

He had his secondary education at the Baptist Academy, Lagos, before going on to the University of Lagos where he got his first degree in Accounting and later M.Sc. in finance. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1984 and subsequently founded and until his death was Senior Partner at Dele Dina & Co.

(an accounting firm). Between 1997 and 1999 Dipo served as the chairman of Ogun State Bulk Purchase Commission where he reportedly donated his salaries and allowances to the School of the Handicapped, in Ijebu Ode.^[1]

Political background

Dipo ventured into active politics in 2003 and became the Ogun State governorship candidate