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Erelu OLUSOLA OBADA Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Erelu Olusola Idowu Agbeja Obada was born on 27 June 1951, to the Agbejanlabofa family of Ibodi in Ijesaland. Her father, Prince David Olatunde Agbeja was a Permanent Secretary in the Old Western Region and one-time Managing Director of the now defunct National Bank of Nigeria Limited.
She began her primary school education at St. John’s Primary School, Iloro, Ilesa, but later transferred to the U.M.C. Demonstration School, Oke-Ado, Ibadan.
For her secondary education, she attended Queens School, Ede, later moving to its Ibadan campus. After her secondary school education, she studied Advertising Administration at the Watford College of Technology in England. She later read a degree in Law at the University of Buckingham in England, graduating top of her class in 1985.
She started her working life as Advertising Officer of the then Nigeria Airways Limited and later rose to the
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She is an alumnus of Watford College of Technology, Watford, the United Kingdom where she studied Advertising Administration before proceeding to the University of Buckingham, Buckingham, United Kingdom to study lag and was subsequently called to the Nigerian dryckesställe in 1986.
Career
Private Sector
Coming off fresh ‘from the oven’ to Nigeria from the United Kingdom, Olusola began her career as Advertising Officer with Nigeria Airways before leaving the company to work as Managing Partner in Olusola Agbeja and Co. in 1986. In 1990, she established Iron Gate Finance and Trust Company Limited, a privately-owned finance and investmentcompany where she served as Managing Directo•
Olusola Obada
Nigerian politician and lawyer (born 1951)
Olusola Obada (born 27 June 1951) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer.[1] She served as deputy governor of Osun State from 2003 to 2010, as Nigeria's Minister of State for Defence from 2011 to 2012 and then as Nigeria's Minister of Defence from 2012 to 2013 under the Cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Olusola Idowu Agbeja was born into the Agbejanlabofa family of Ibodi in Ijeshaland on 27 June 1951, she completed her basic education at UMC Demonstration School, Ibadan and her secondary school education at Queen's School, Ede, Osun State.[3] She is an alumnus of Watford College of Technology, Watford, United Kingdom where she studied Advertising Administration before proceeding to the University of Buckingham, Buckingham, United Kingdom to study Law and subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986.[1]