John Odigie Oyegun
John Odigie Oyegun | |
|---|---|
| National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC | |
| In office July 2013 – July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Bisi Akande |
| Succeeded by | Adams Oshiomhole |
| Governor of Edo State | |
| In office January 1992 – 1993 | |
| Preceded by | John Ewerekumoh Yeri |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Abul-Salam Onuka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1939 Warri, Delta State, Nigeria |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress (APC) |
John Odigie Oyegun CON (born 12 August 1939) is a Nigerian politician who served as the first national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria. He was the executive governor of Edo State between 1992 and 1993, during the aborted Third Nigerian Republic.
Oyegun led then-opposition APC and Muhammadu Buhari to victory in 2015 after defeating ruling People's Democratic Party, PDP and President's Goodluck Jonathan. It was the first time an incumbent state president and a ruling party was defeated in a presidential poll in Nigeria.