Rhodes-Vivour Gbadebo Patrick

Chief Gbadebo Patrick Rhodes-Vivour, known as G.R.V., was born on 8 March 1983 in Lagos Island but raised primarily in Ikeja, both within Lagos State.

He attended Chrisland Schools up to Junior Secondary School (JSS) level and later pursued secondary education abroad at École Active Bilingue in Paris. His higher education includes a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Nottingham and a master’s from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Following his first master’s, he served in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from 2008 to 2009 before obtaining a second master’s in Research and Public Policy from the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

Rhodes-Vivour comes from a distinguished Nigerian family with roots tracing back to prominent legal, judicial, and agricultural figures. His uncle was Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, while his grandfather was Judge Akinwunmi Rhodes-Vivour; he is also the great-grandnephew of Steven Bankole Rhodes, an early indigenous judge in Nigeria.

He has held several leadership roles, including being installed as the Obalefun of Lagos—a Yoruba chief—in April 2025. His professional background includes work with architecture firms like Franklin Ellis Architects (UK) and later SISA/Kliff Consulting/Building Partnership CCP before founding Spatial Tectonics, a firm specializing in affordable construction methods.

An advocate for civil society, Rhodes-Vivour co-founded Nigerians Against GMO, an anti-GMO advocacy group. His activism has included protests against Monsanto’s claims on GMOs and large-scale marches to address environmental issues, such as the 2017 march to the Senate. He also champions the inclusion of history in Nigeria’s school curriculum.

His political career includes running for local government chairmanship under KOWA (2017) and senatorial elections for Lagos West under the PDP (2019), where he lost to Solomon Adeola by a narrow margin. He later contested as a Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in 2023, finishing second behind Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Beyond politics, Rhodes-Vivour has supported public health initiatives, such as collaborating with WellaHealth to provide free malaria prevention services and voter registration drives. He sits on the boards of companies like HomeQube Ltd, E-Terra Technologies, and Alkebulan Agro-Allied, while also serving as chairman of The Rhodes-Vivour Foundation.