A Fourth Republic lawmaker, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, has died at the age of 88.
A family member disclosed that Durojaiye died in the early hours of Tuesday in Lagos State after a brief illness associated with coronavirus complications.
The late senator represented Ogun East constituency on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) between 1999 and 2003.
He was once the Chairman, Board of Commissioners for Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
In 1992, he was a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, and lost to the late Moshood Abiola.
Born in 1933, the late Durojaiye graduated from the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. He worked for 35 years in the Nigerian public sector, including 28 years as a Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the National Mint.
Durojaiye also worked with the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve System in the United States of America (USA) and the City University London, between 1964 and 1982.
In December 1996, he was arrested by the military regime of late General Sani Abacha and was imprisoned for 560 days.
In June 1997, a report stated he was in poor health and suffering from high blood pressure caused by his treatment in prison.
Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience and campaigned for his release.
