Ajibola Bashiru

Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru (Ph.D) (born July 1, 1972) is a formerAttorney General and Commissioner for Justice for Osun State in Nigeria. He also served as Commissioner in the Ministry of Regional Integration & Special Duties from August 2010 - November 2014.He was once a Lecturer in Osun State University November, 2014 - May 2017.

Ajibola Basiru had his primary education in Osogbo where he attended Salvation Army Primary School, Oke-Fia, Osogbo, Osun State, 1983. He then proceeded to Laro Grammar School, Oke-Fia, Osogbo, Osun State where he sat for WASC/GCE O’Level in 1988.

Senator Ajibola Basiru was admitted into the University of Ilorin to study Arabic and Islamic Studies but was rusticated in his third year. He got an admission to study Law at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos for L.L.B. (Hons) Bachelor Of Laws from 1994-2000.

He attended The Nigeria Law School, Bwari, Abuja, FCT. (2001-2002) and had a Second Class, Upper Division. From 2005-2006 he attended University of Lagos, LLM (Master Of Laws) Degreein Secured Credit Transactions; Planning & Compulsory Acquisition; Law of the Sea and Comparative Company Law. In 2016, Ajibola Basiru also had his Ph.D in Property Law, Faculty of Law, at the University of Lagos.

Dr. Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru is representing Osun Central Senatorial District as a senatorunder the platform of the ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC). He was a member of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), and has been in the party through its metamorphosis to Action Congress (AC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and now the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was a commissioner during the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and also served in the first term as Honorable Commissioner of Regional Integration and Special Duties. Later, in the second term, he was appointed as the Honorable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for the state.