Tolu Odebiyi

Tolu Odebiyi
Personal details
Born
Tolu Odebiyi

(1963-11-14) 14 November 1963 (age 60)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
ResidenceIboro, Ogun State
EducationWenthworth Institute of Technology
(BS,) University of Massachusetts, Lowell Campus

Tolulope Odebiyi (born 14 November 1963) is a Nigerian politician from Ogun state,[1] who was elected to the Ogun West senatorial seat in 2019.[2][3] He previously served as the Chief of staff to Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state.[4][5]

Odebiyi is a graduate of Government College, Ibadan and Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts.[6] In 2018, he rejected the idea of Governor Amosun to leave his political party,[7] All Progressive Congress for another saying he needed to protect his political pedigree.[8][9]

  1. ^ "APC wins Ogun-West Senatorial District election". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  2. ^ "#NigeriaDecides2019 | APC's Odebiyi wins Ogun-West Senatorial District election". Tribune Online. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. ^ "APC's Odebiyi wins Ogun West". The Nation Nigeria. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. ^ Polycarp, Nwafor (2018-11-30). "Breaking: Ogun Chief of Staff resigns". Vanguard News Nigeria. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  5. ^ "Thisdaylive".
  6. ^ "Chief Tolu Odebiyi Biography and Detailed Profile". Politicians Data. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  7. ^ "Gov. Amosun, Tolu Odebiyi's friction worsens". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  8. ^ Nwachukwu, John Owen (2018-12-24). "2019 election: Why I ignored Gov. Amosun's instruction to dump APC for APM -Ex-Chief of Staff, Odebiyi". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  9. ^ Ferdinand Jumbo-Asukwo (2018-12-25). "Tolu Odebiyi: Why I parted ways with Ibikunle Amosun". Today.ng. Retrieved 2019-03-12.

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