Rhodes-Vivour Gbadebo Patrick

Chief Gbadebo Patrick Rhodes-Vivour (born 8 March 1983), also known as GRV, is a Nigerian architect, entrepreneur, and politician. He is listed as male, with FSLC/SSCE/degree qualifications and Oyefusi Abiodun Adetola as running mate. In the 2023 Lagos governorship election, he contested on the Labour Party platform, finished runner-up, and lost to incumbent Babajide Sanwo-Olu, polling 312365 votes. He was previously the Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate for Lagos West in 2019 and was installed as the Obalefun of Lagos in April 2025.

Rhodes-Vivour is the convener of Nigerians Against GMO, described as an anti-GMO advocacy group campaigning against the proliferation of genetically modified foods in Nigeria; the protests intensified in 2016 after Monsanto's safety claims and involved criticism of both Monsanto and then Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina. Born on Lagos Island and raised in Ikeja, he attended Chrisland Schools up to JSS3 and completed secondary education at Ecole Active Bilingue in Paris. He holds an architecture bachelor's degree from the University of Nottingham, an architecture master's from MIT, completed NYSC between 2008 and 2009, and later earned a second master's in Research and Public Policy from the University of Lagos.

He comes from a prominent family as the son of Barrister Olawale and Mrs. Nkechi Rhodes-Vivour. His uncle is former Supreme Court Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, his grandfather was Judge Akinwunmi Rhodes-Vivour, his great-grandnephew line includes Steven Bankole Rhodes, and his great-great-grandfather was 19th-century planter William Vivour.