Olabiyi Durojaiye

Olabiyi Durojaiye
Senator for Ogun East
In office
29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003
Succeeded byTokunbo Ogunbanjo
Personal details
Born8 February 1933
Ogun State, Nigeria
Died24 August 2021(2021-08-24) (aged 88)
Lagos, Nigeria

Olabiyi Durojaiye Listenⓘ (8 February 1933[1] – 24 August 2021[2]) was elected Senator for the Ogun East constituency of Ogun State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[3] He also used the tribal title Otunba as a pre-nominal style, thereby highlighting his position as a chieftain of the Yoruba people.

  1. ^ Who's who in Nigeria. Newswatch. 1990. ISBN 9789782704122.
  2. ^ Breaking: Elder statesman Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye dies of COVID-19
  3. ^ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999". Psephos. Retrieved 19 June 2010.