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Ogun Governor Mourns Death Of Former NADECO Chief, Senator Biyi Durojare

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Governor of Ogun state Dapo Abiodun has mourned the untimely death of fourth Republic lawmaker, Senator Biyi Durojare who died in the early hours of Tuesday in Lagos. Durojaiye, 88, who was once the Chairman, Board of Commissioners for Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), died while receiving medical treatment after suffering COVID-19 related complications. In a statement on Tuesday by governor Abiodun’s Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, the governor expressed shock over the untimely passage of the Ijebu-Igbo politician. “He was with us during the Stakeholders meeting for the Ward Congress last month and was a strong pillar of our administration,” the governor was quoted as saying. Abiodun described Sen. Durojaiye’s death as an immense loss to the progressives, the political ideology he identified with and represented while alive. Abiodun said Durojaiye was an elder statesman and formidable economist, lawyer, and banker, who was elected member of the 1988/1989 Constituent Assembly.

“He will be greatly missed in the political circle of not only Ogun State, but Nigeria,” the governor further said.

Born in 1933, Durojaiye was a legal practitioner and worked for 35 years in the public sector.

He was a Director in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as well as the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc.

The politician was a renowned member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO).

In 1992 he was a presidential aspirant under the Social Democratic Party (SDP), contested against and lost to Moshood ‘M.K.O’ Abiola who later won the 1993 election.

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