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Olusola Obada

Politician

Olusola Obada is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Olusola Obada · اولوسولا اوبادا				[sources]
Alias	Erelu Olusola Agbeja Obada				[sources]
Birth date	1951-06-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Ilesa				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Political association	Peoples Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q23011134				[sources]
Position	Minister of Defence of Nigeria (2012-2013) · Minister of State for Defence of Nigeria (2011-2012)				[sources]
Education	University of Buckingham				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

Nigerian politician and lawyer, Former Deputy Governor of Osun State and Former Minister (state) of Defence.

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Defence of Nigeria	2012-07	2013-09
Minister of State for Defence of Nigeria	2011-07

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,107

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,151

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,291

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Nigeria and their relatives from the Joining the Dots project.

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,908

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,039

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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