Chief Sunday Awoniyi | |
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Senator for Kogi West | |
In office July 1993 – November 1993 | |
Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum | |
In office December 2003 – November 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mopa-Muro, Northern Region, British Nigeria (present-day Kogi State, Nigeria) | 30 April 1932
Died | 28 November 2007 London, United Kingdom | (aged 75)
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Children | 11, including Abayomi |
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Occupation | Politician |
Chief Sunday Bolorunduro Awoniyi CON ( ; 30 April 1932 – 28 November 2007) was a Nigerian politician and tribal aristocrat. He was the Aro of Mopa, Kogi State, formerly Kabba Province. Popularly called ''sardauna", Awoniyi was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, from which he was expelled and later recalled. Awoniyi was also chairman of the national executive council of the Arewa Consultative Forum—pan-Northern Nigeria group.[1]