Chukwuebuka Anisiobi is the youngest governor to rule in Nigeria at the age of 16. He was the governor of Lagos state for one day after winning the spelling bee competition set by the then governor's wife Oluremi Tinubu for students on the 6 June 2001.Prominent activist Gani_Fawehinmi criticized the action, saying that, "it has an unsanitary effect of demeaning the constitutional office of the Governor and his Deputy."