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Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Politician

Babajide Sanwo-Olu 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	Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu · Babajide Sanwo-Olu · باباجیدی سانو اولو · ババジデ・サンウォオル · 巴巴吉德·桑沃-奥卢 · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu · 바바지데 올루솔라 산워올루				[sources]
Weak alias	ババジデ・サンウォ＝オル · 巴巴吉德·桑沃-奧盧				[sources]
Birth date	1965-06-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Lagos				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Babajide				[sources]
Last name	Olu · Sanwo				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q56678515				[sources]
Position	Lagos State Governor (2019-)				[sources]
Education	John F. Kennedy School of Government · London Business School · Master of Business Administration · University of Lagos				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Nigerian politician/Lagos State Governor

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Governor Lagos State Government Lagos	2023	-
Lagos State Governor	2019-05-29

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,395

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

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,785

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,123

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,419

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-babajide-olusola-sanwo-olu-district-lagos

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