Samuel Odulana Odugade I (Listenⓘ; 14 April 1914 – 19 January 2016) was the 40th Olubadan of Ibadan and also reputed to have been the oldest living monarch in Nigeria.
[1][2] He was born in the small village of Fadina in the town of Ibadan, on 14 April 1914, to Chief Odulana Ayinla and Mrs. Olarenwaju Ayinke.
He briefly worked with United Africa Company (UAC) as a produce clerk before commencing his teaching career at the Church Missionary Society (CMS) Elementary School, Jago in 1938.
He went into politics in 1959 as a Member of the House of Representatives and was appointed parliamentary secretary to Tafawa Balewa.
He was Minister of State for Labour and in 1964 he led the Nigerian Parliamentary delegation to the London Constitution Conference to restructure the former British colonies of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia).