In the midst of the Nigerian Civil War, he and his mother fled to the United States; his father didn't follow them for another five years.

He is a founding partner of A2SO4, an Indianapolis-based architectural design company that was one of the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified firms in the nation.

He was a member of the Indiana Fire and Building Services Commission from 2001 to 2005, and chairman of the Indianapolis Board of Zoning Appeals from 2005 to 2008.

[4] In 2010, Osili was the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State of Indiana, pledging to reinvigorate the business services section of the office.

Polls initially showed Osili gaining ground on White in the Indianapolis area as a result of the controversy.

[3] However, on election day, Osili took only 37 percent of the vote amid the massive Republican wave that swept through Indiana.

[5] The Democrats appealed, and on April 7 Marion County judge Louis Rosenberg ordered the Recount Commission to make a ruling on the legality of White's registration.

[9] White immediately announced he would appeal, and asked Rosenberg to stay his ruling until a higher court could hear the case.

In 2011, Osili won the race in City-County Council District 15 against Republican A. J. Feeney-Ruiz and Libertarian Zachary Capehart.