He was a contender to become the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for governorship of Osun State in the April 2011 elections.
[1] Fatai Akinade Akinbade was born in April 1955 in Ogbaagbaa, a town in Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area.
Between 1973 and 1974 he worked as a pharmaceutical salesman in Lagos, before returning to study at Catholic Technical College, Ile-Ife (1975–1978).
[2] Akinbade joined the Osun State government, working for over sixteen years under three military administrators and then under the civilian governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola.
[2] Akinbade announced his plan to run in the PDP primaries for state governor in February 2010.