Former Chairman, Board of Commissioners for Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Sen. Biyi Durojaiye, is dead.
Sources said Durojaiye died in the early hours of Tuesday in Lagos while receiving medical attention.
Durojaiye, 88, was Fourth Republic lawmaker from 1999-2003.
Durojaiye earned a BSc (Economics) London, and an LLB, London. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1979 and is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
He also 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. He worked with the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve System in the U.S.A and the City University London between 1964 and 1982.
In 1992, Olabiyi Durojaiye was a candidate to run for President of Nigeria on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), losing to M.K.O. Abiola. In December 1996, he was arrested by the military regime of General Sani Abacha, and was imprisoned for 560 days and mistreated while in jail.
