Adeniran Ogunsanya

Adeniran Ogunsanya

Adeniran Ogunsanya, QC, SAN (31 January 1918 – 22 November 1996) was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He was among the chief-founders of the Ibadan Peoples Party (IPP). He served as a Lagos State commissioner for Justice and Education and during the Second Republic, he was chairman of the Nigerian People's Party.[1]

Background

Adeniran was born in Ikorodu a suburb of Lagos to the royal family of late Prince Suberu Ogunsanya Oguntade, who was the Odofin of Ikorodu. He completed his primary education from Hope Waddell Training Institute in Calabar under the guardianship of his uncle who was a civil servant.[2] He scored the highest mark at the 1937 Government Standard VI examinations thus earning him a government scholarship to King's College, Lagos. He went on to study Law at the University of Manchester and Gray's Inn School of Law.[3]

Career

Adeniran began his law practice at Chief T.S Benson Chambers in Lagos after returning from the United Kingdom a better informed lawyer and politician. In 1956, he joined his brother, Sulu Adebayo Ogunsanya to establish Ogunsanya & Ogunsanya Chambers.[4]

Politics

In the mid 1950s, Adeniran served as a member of the National Executive Committee of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons. He was the President of NCNC Youth Association and in 1959, he became a member of the parliament.[1]

Adeniran was the leader of the Lagos progressives that merged with three other groups to form the Nigerian People's Party (NPP) during the Second Republic. He later became the chairman of the Nigerian People's Party (NPP) succeeding Olu Akinfosile after he had previously lost to Lateef Jakande for a seat in the Lagos Government House. He was the first Attorney General of Lagos and later became the Commissioner of Education.[1][3]

Recognitions and legacy

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Adeniran Ogunsanya". Nigerian Wiki. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation.". Richard Sklar.
  3. 1 2 "Adeniran Ogunsanya: Remembering an icon". Adenrele Adeniran Ogunsanya. National Mirror. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. ↑ The Third World Calamity. Brain May. p. 184-185.
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