15 Facts About Iyabo Obasanjo

Iyabo Obasanjo was born on 27 April 1967 and is a Nigerian academic, epidemiologist, and former senator.

Iyabo Obasanjo is the daughter of former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo and his wife Oluremi Obasanjo.

Iyabo Obasanjo 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.

Iyabo Obasanjo was elected as a Nigerian Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District of Ogun State in April 2007.

Iyabo Obasanjo ran for re-election April 2011 on the PDP platform, but was defeated by Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara of the Action Congress of Nigeria, who gained 102,389 votes to Obasanjo Bello's 56,312.

Iyabo Obasanjo was elected to the Senate on 28 April 2007 on a People's Democratic Party platform; her Action Congress opponent Remilekun Bakare challenged this outcome, but the Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal upheld her victory.

Iyabo Obasanjo lost her seat during the National Assembly Elections on 9 April 2011.

Iyabo Obasanjo refused to return her portion of this money, 10 million naira.

Iyabo Obasanjo claimed that the nine members of her committee "lobbied" for funds from the ministry they oversaw.

Iyabo Obasanjo maintained this money was spent on a conference on capacity building some members of the health committee attended in Ghana.

Iyabo Obasanjo has so far refused to appear before the EFCC.

Iyabo Obasanjo described the allegation as "blackmail", and said she was being targeted because she was the daughter of the former president.

Iyabo Obasanjo urged the Buhari administration to heed her father's advice and not seek re-election.

Iyabo Obasanjo worked in Clinical Research in the US before returning to Nigeria in 2003.

The couple separated after Iyabo Obasanjo filed for divorce on 19 May 2003.