Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara


Jeremiah Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara is a Nigerian politician and chairman of Lucinda Media Limited, Abeokuta, Nigeria, who served as senator for the Ogun Central constituency in Ogun State, Nigeria, from 2011 to 2015. He ran on the Action Congress of Nigeria platform.
Obadara is the son of the first chairman of Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. He is of Yewa and Egba descent. He began work as a grade II teacher in Ota, but later entered the telecommunications business, becoming managing director of Imperial Communications. His company pioneered pre-paid call cards in Nigeria and introduced electronic directories.
In 2006, Obadara competed in the Action Congress of Nigeria party primaries for the 2007 senatorial elections, but did not win the nomination.
In the April 2011 elections, Obadara ran for election as Senator for Ogun Central and gained 102,389 votes, defeating incumbent Senator Iyabo Obasanjo Bello of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 56,312.