7 November 2024

A former Ogun State Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology. Mr. John Olusegun Odubela, is dead. He was 56 years old. 

He died in the late evening of Monday, March 15, 2021 after a brief illness. A native of Ikenne in Remo, Ogun State, Mr Odubela was born on May 5, 1965.

Until his death, Mr Odubela was Managing Partner, Rikey Tarfa and Co. A Notary Public, Mr. Odubela graduated from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, in 1989.He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1990, He obtained a Masters of Law degree from the University of Lagos, in 1995. He is a member of the International Bar Association and Nigerian Bar Association.

In 2011, he was appointed a Commissioner in Ogun State by the Ibikunle Amosu administration.