27 Facts About Yemi Osinbajo

Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo was born on 8 March 1957 and is a Nigerian lawyer, professor, and politician who is the 14th and current vice president of Nigeria since 2015.

Yemi Osinbajo was third in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 with a total of 235 votes from the delegates.

That year, Yemi Osinbajo was appointed Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the cabinet of Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu.

Yemi Osinbajo's tenure has been marked by his rising profile, especially when he took power as Acting President while Buhari went abroad.

Yemi Osinbajo was born into the family of Opeoluwa Osinbajo on 8 March 1957, Creek Hospital, Lagos.

Yemi Osinbajo is married to Dolapo Yemi Osinbajo, a granddaughter of Obafemi Awolowo.

Yemi Osinbajo attended Igbobi College in Yaba, Lagos, from 1969 to 1975, where he won the following awards: the State Merit Award ; the School Prize for English Oratory ; Adeoba Prize for English Oratory ; Elias Prize for Best Performance in History ; School Prize for Literature ; and African Statesman Intercollegiate Best Speaker's Prize.

From 1979 to 1980, Yemi Osinbajo served the compulsory one-year youth service as a legal officer with Bendel Development and Planning Authority, Bendel State.

From 1999 to 2007, Yemi Osinbajo was a Member of Cabinet, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

In 2007, Yemi Osinbajo was made Senior Partner at Simmons Cooper Partners, Nigeria.

From 2007 to 2013 Yemi Osinbajo was employed as a Professor of Law, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos.

Yemi Osinbajo was a Senior lecturer at Lagos State University.

Yemi Osinbajo is the pastor in charge of the Lagos Province 48 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

On 17 August 2017 VP Yemi Osinbajo described hate speech as a species of terrorism.

Yemi Osinbajo assumed office after taking the oath of office on 29 May 2015 at the Eagle Square, Abuja.

On 7 August 2018, Yemi Osinbajo fired the State Security Service boss, Lawal Daura for illegal invasion of National Assembly by armed and masked operatives of the department.

In January 2019, Yemi Osinbajo criticized the fact that social media is currently "under multi-jurisdictional regulation".

Yemi Osinbajo called for more collaboration among nations to reach a convention to regulate social media and counter hate speech.

On 2 February 2019, Yemi Osinbajo's helicopter crashed in Kabba, Kogi State.

Yemi Osinbajo survived, and delivered a previously-scheduled campaign speech after the crash.

On 29 May 2019, Professor Yemi Osinbajo took his oath of office to begin his second term at Eagle Square in the capital of Abuja.

Yemi Osinbajo claimed that China and other nations were smuggling in products, including agricultural ones, undermining the Nigerian economy and threatening Nigerian agriculture.

In October 2019, Yemi Osinbajo criticized the government's proposed social media regulations, stating he did "not think that government regulation is necessarily the way to go".

Yemi Osinbajo stated that citizens and leaders, both political and religious, "owe a responsibility to our society and to everyone else, to ensure that we don't allow it to become an instrument" of war.

Yemi Osinbajo warned people against using social media to spread "religious disinformation", which could lead to conflict and war.

Yemi Osinbajo did not disclose these violations to the electoral body or police.

Yemi Osinbajo is a member of the following professional bodies:.