The Commissioner for Local Government in the defunct Victor Olunloyo administration and proprietor of Victory Group of Schools in Lagos died recently at 92. THE NATION reports.

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Olaniyan was drafted into politics in 1959 by local party leaders of Ode-Omu, including Pa Dawodu Makanjuola, Pa Ezekiel Adelowo, and other grassroots politicians, who agitated that the area should be represented by an educated person. Information Guide Nigeria

Despite the fact that he lost his regional parliamentary bid, the foray opened his eyes to the imperative of politics as a veritable vocation for serving the locality. jamb results