He was the policy director and chief of staff to the executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

[6] In 2011, he founded Premium Times, a Nigeria-based multimedia news platform devoted to politics, health, investigative reporting and development journalism.

These journalists were secretly tried, charged as "accessories after the fact of treason" by a Special Military Tribunal, convicted and jailed for life.

[7] Olorunyomi declared wanted by the Abacha administration on account of his work with The News magazine, was forced into exile in the United States.

[8][9] Ladi Olorunyomi, a journalist, women's right activist and wife to Dapo was detained for 68 days without charges.

In 2021, Olorunyomi was arrested for publishing a libelous and defamatory publications against the Chief of Army staff, Tukur Yusuf Buratai as reported by Vanguard.