Background
Ayodele Arise was born on 5 October 1956. His father was a judge.
politician Member of the Senate of Nigeria
Ayodele Arise was born on 5 October 1956. His father was a judge.
He was Assistant General Secretary of the Students Union at Ibadan Polytechnic (1976–1977). He obtained an M.Sc Urban & Regional Planning from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Normal, Alabama United States of America in 1984. and is an A+ Certified Computer Engineer, Microsoft Certified Professional. After teaching mathematics and then working as a town planner, he entered into business in 1981 buying and selling video players and tapes in Nigeria.
In the United States of America, he established a Computer Training Institute.
In 2000 he launched Cards Technology Limited, which supplies MTel Group Special Mobile recharge cards. He also launched Card Plant Limited for producing and supplying magnetic and chip cards, International Payment Devices Limited for manufacturing and distribution of ATMs, and Fortune Games for Group Special Mobile Lotto.
Ayodele Arise was elected to the National Senate for the Ekiti North constituency in 2007 and was appointed to committees on Local and Foreign Debts, Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions. In July 2009 a court upheld the verdict of the Ekiti State Election Petitions Tribunal, which voided Arise’s election after a petition had been filed by the Action Congress candidate, Mr.
Olubunmi Adetunmbi, who alleged substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Acting 2006.
He became a member of the Nigerian Senate in 2007.
