Adeniran Ogunsanya
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- Politician
- lawyer
Adeniran Ogunsanya | |
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| Born | 31 January 1918 |
| Died | 22 November 1996 (aged 78) |
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| Children | Adenrele 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 commissioner for Education. He was chairman of the Nigerian People's Party.[1]
Adeniran was born on 31 January 1918[2] in Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, to the royal family of Omoba 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.[3] 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.[4]
Career
Adeniran began his law practice at Chief T.O.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.[5]