Background
John Odigie Oyegun was born on August 12, 1939, in Warri, Delta State.
John Odigie Oyegun was born on August 12, 1939, in Warri, Delta State.
He attended Saint Patrick’s College, Asaba, and then went to the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Bachelor"s degree in Economics.
He was also the Executive Governor of Edo State between 1992 and 1993, during the aborted Nigerian Third Republic. He then served in various capacities as a federal civil servant working as a development planner. Chief John Oyegun was elected as civilian governor of Edo State on the Social Democratic Party platform, during the transition to democracy launched by General Ibrahim Babangida and served from January 1992 to November 1993.
He was removed from office after General Sani Abacha seized power.
Later, he became a leader of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). In 2009 he was chairman of the Technical Working Committee of CODER. On 13 June 2014 Odigie-Oyegun was elected as national chairman of the American Power Conversion. Bola Tinubu of Lagos State, the American Power Conversion national leader, is thought to have played an important role in the decision.