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Simeon Oduoye

Politician

Simeon Oduoye 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	Simeon Oduoye				[sources]
Alias	Simeon O. Oduoye · Simeon Olasukanmi Oduoye				[sources]
Birth date	1945-04-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Ikirun				[sources]
Death date	2014-03-21				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Simeon				[sources]
Political association	Peoples Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7517631				[sources]
Position	Governor of Ebonyi State (1998-1999) · Governor of Niger State (1996-1998) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2007-2011)				[sources]
Ethnicity	Yoruba people				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-06	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-10-23

Descriptions

Nigerian politician (1945-2014)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-27

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Senate of Nigeria	2007	2011

Data sources

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

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,304

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-simeon-oduoye-1945-04-13-district-osun

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