Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru (born 1 July 1972) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is the national secretary of the ruling All Progressive Congress. He served as the senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District from 2019 to 2023. He was a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice^[1] of Osun State, and served as commissioner in the Ministry of Regional Integration & Special Duties from August 2010 to November 2014.^[2] He is a former lecturer at the Osun State University, Osogbo.

Law career

Basiru was admitted into the University of Ilorin to study Arabic and Islamic Studies but was rusticated in his third year. He received an admission to study Law at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos for L.L.B. (Hons) Bachelor Of Laws from 1994-2000.^[3]

He attended The Nigeria Law School, Bwari, Abuja, FCT. (2001-2002) and had a Second Class, Upper Division. From 2005-2006 he attended University of Lagos, LLM (Master Of Laws) Degree in Secured Credit Transactions; Planning & Compulsory Acquisition; Law of the Sea and Comparative Company Law. In 2016, Basiru also had his Ph.D in Property Law, Faculty of Law, at the University of Lagos.^[4]

Political career

Basiru was a member of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), and has been in the party through its metamorphosis to Action Congress (AC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and now the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was a commissioner^[1] during the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and also served in the first term as Honorable Commissioner of Regional Integration and Special Duties. Later, in the second term, he was appointed as the Honorable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for the state.^[1][5]

Basiru represented Osun Central Senatorial District under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and was appointed the Chairman Senate Committee on Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Societies. He was later meritoriously appointed as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs (Senate Spokesperson).^[6]

Basiru was a member of the following Senate Committees:

• Committee on Airforce^{[citation needed]}
• Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector^{[citation needed]}
• Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters^{[citation needed]}
• Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream)^{[citation needed]}
• Committee on States and Local Governments^{[citation needed]}