Adejoro Adeogun (born 23 June 1967) is a

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politician. He was a member of the

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, representing Akoko South East/ Akoko South West Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the 9th National Assembly. He was succeeded by Adegboyega Adefarati.

Education

Adeogun received his undergraduate degree at

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in 1989. He furthered at

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where he earned a post diploma in Maritime Security Management and a

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from

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Career

Pre-politics

After graduating from the university, Adeogun worked as an intelligence analyst, principal staff officer and training manager at the Department of State Services in 1990. He worked as a managing director of a commercial real estate company—Magnum & Hunter Limited. Adeogun is the founder of Brentonwoods and Trinity Leadership Foundation; a non-governmental organisation that empowers youths.

Politics

From 2007 to 2011, he worked as a special adviser to the

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on Special Duties where he initiated the inauguration of Command Control Computer Communications and Intelligence Center (C4i) to aid security agencies in the state and was also the chief security of Governor Peter Odili from 1999 to 2004. As the managing director of Rivers State Waste Management Agency, he introduced the waste monitoring system which helped curb waste in

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. In 2019, Adeogun was elected a member of the

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to represent Akoko South East/South West Federal Constituency. He was the deputy chairman of the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence and also as the chairman of an Ad Hoc Committee which investigated how recovered loots are used.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adeogun, Adejoro Living people 1967 births All Progressives Congress politicians Members of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria) Politicians from Ondo State University of Ibadan alumni