Basiru Surajudeen Ajibola

Basiru Surajudeen Ajibola, born on July 1, 1972, is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who serves as the national secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He has held senior positions in Osun State, including as the senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District from 2019 to 2023. Previously, he served as the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Commissioner for Regional Integration & Special Duties in the state’s government under Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s administration.

A former lecturer at Osun State University, Ajibola was admitted to the University of Ilorin to study Arabic and Islamic Studies but was rusticated in his third year. He later pursued Law at the University of Lagos, earning an L.L.B. (Hons) from 1994 to 2000. He attended the Nigeria Law School, Abuja, between 2001 and 2002, achieving a Second Class, Upper Division.

His academic career continued with an LLM in Secured Credit Transactions, Planning & Compulsory Acquisition, Law of the Sea, and Comparative Company Law from the University of Lagos (2005–2006). In 2016, he earned a Ph.D. in Property Law from the University of Lagos’s Faculty of Law.

Ajibola’s political journey spans multiple parties, including the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Action Congress (AC), and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), before joining the APC. He was a member of the APC’s leadership during its evolution and served as a commissioner under Governor Aregbesola’s administrations.

As a senator, he represented Osun Central under the APC and chaired key committees, including Diaspora, NGOs, and Civil Societies, before becoming Senate Spokesperson. He was later appointed to the National Sugar Development Council’s board by President Tinubu in January 2025.

He has been involved in several Senate committees, such as Airforce, Downstream Petroleum Sector, Judiciary & Human Rights, and Petroleum Resources (Upstream), among others. His political career reflects a trajectory from local governance to national representation and policy roles within APC.