Background
He was born in 1925 at Oye Ekiti, a local government area of Ekiti State, southwestern Nigeria.
pharmacist politician Vice Chairman
He was born in 1925 at Oye Ekiti, a local government area of Ekiti State, southwestern Nigeria.
He attended Street Paul"s primary school, Ebutte Metta and Government School, Ibadan before he proceeded to the Pharmacy School of Yaba where he received a diploma certificate in pharmacy.
He practiced as a pharmacist at Oshogbo briefly before he joined the Nigerian politics. He joined the Unity Party of Nigeria in 1978 and was a candidate in the Ondo State gubernatorial primary election but lost to Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the former governor of Ondo State. During the Fourth Nigerian Republic, he served as the National Vice Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy, Southwest zone.
In 1983, he was elected member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Ondo North. He later served as member of the Board of Directors of the Old Western Nigeria Housing Corporation.