Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello
| Iyabo Obasanjo | |
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| Ogun Central Senator | |
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In office May 2007 – May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ibikunle Amosun |
| Succeeded by | Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara |
| Constituency | Ogun Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 April 1967 Lagos Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party (PDP) |
| Residence | United States |
| Profession | Veterinarian, Epidemiologist |
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (born 27 April 1967) is a daughter to former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Oluremi Obasanjo.
Obasanjo-Bello attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, Capital School in Kaduna, and Queen's College in Lagos. She obtained a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Ibadan in 1988, a master's degree in Epidemiology from University of California, Davis in Davis, California, United States, in 1990, and a PhD in the same subject from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1994.
Before her senatorial election, Obasanjo-Bello was Ogun State Commissioner for Health. She was elected as a Nigerian Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District of Ogun State in April 2007. She ran for re-election April 2011 on the PDP platform, but was defeated by Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), who gained 102,389 votes to Obasanjo Bello's 56,312. For 2012
Obasanjo-Bello was elected to the Senate on 28 April 2007 on a People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform; her Action Congress (AC) opponent Remilekun Bakare challenged this outcome, but the Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal upheld her victory.
She was the Chairman of the Senate's Health Committee, and a member of the Security & Intelligence, Land Transport, Science & Technology, Education, National Planning, and Inter-Parliamentary Committees. She lost her seat during the National Assembly Elections on 9 April 2011.
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