Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (born April 27, 1967) is a Nigerian Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District of Ogun State. Obasanjo-Bello is the daughter of former 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 Ibadan in 1988, a masters' degree ...
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Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (born April 27, 1967) is a Nigerian Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District of Ogun State. Obasanjo-Bello is the daughter of former 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 Ibadan in 1988, a masters' 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.
Prior to the April 2007 general election, the government of Abia State indicted numerous current and former public officials, including Obasanjo-Bello, on corruption and other charges; in December 2007 a Federal High Court in Umuahia nullified the indictments on the grounds they...
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