Adeniran Ogunsanya

Adeniran Ogunsanya, QC, SAN ((Listenⓘ); 31 January 1918 – 22 November 1996) was a Nigerian lawyer and politician.

He completed his primary education from Hope Waddell Training Institute in Calabar under the guardianship of his uncle who was a civil servant.

Prior to the end of the first republic, he was appointed federal minister of Housing and Surveys and during the administration of Mobolaji Johnson, he was brought back to local governance as state commissioner for education.

[7] Adeniran was the leader of the Lagos progressives that merged with three other groups to form the Nigerian People's Party (NPP) during the Second Republic.

He later became the chairman of the Nigerian People's Party (NPP) succeeding Olu Akinfosile after he had previously lost to Lateef Jakande for a seat in the Lagos Government House.