Chris Ogunbanjo

Chief Christopher Oladipo Ogunbanjo (14 December 1923 – 7 October 2023) was a Nigerian corporate lawyer and philanthropist from Ogun State. He was an early advocate of domiciliary accounts in Nigeria which later came to existence through the promulgation of the Foreign Currency Decree 18 of 1985.^[1] In the late 1960s, he was among the group of businessmen who supported local equity participation in foreign firms operating in Nigeria.^[2]

Life and career

Ogunbanjo was born on 14 December 1923,

Samuel Ladoke Akintola

and Michael Odesanya in 1952 to become Samuel, Chris and Michael Solicitors. The partnership was dissolved in 1960 and his practice became Chris Ogunbanjo & Co. The new practice specialized in corporate law.

Ogunbanjo's familiarity with corporate law led him to be a significant shareholder in various Nigerian companies like: West African Batteries, Metal Box Toyo, Union Securities, 3M Nigeria, ABB Nigeria, Roche Nigeria and Chemical and Allied Products Ltd.[1]

Personal life and death

Ogunbanjo married Hilda Ladipo in 1953. His wife was editor of AMBER, a women's lifestyle magazine established in the 1960s but later acquired by Daily Times.

Chris Ogunbanjo died on 7 October 2023, at the age of 99.^[5] His son Abimbola Ogunbanjo died aged 61, four months later on 9 February 2024, following a helicopter crash near Nipton, California.

References

^ ^a ^b Seye Kehinde. (1989). 'I Know the Secret of Life'. ThisWeek, P. 34.
^ Biersteker, T. J. (2014). Multinationals, the State and Control of the Nigerian Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 66-67
^ IJEBU High Chief, CHRIS OGUNBANJO, Waxing Strong @ 98
^ Olumuyiwa Runsewe (December 12, 2009). "Celebrating Chris Ogunbanjo At 86". The Guardian.
^ "Legal icon Chris Ogunbanjo dies at 99 -- two months before 100th birthday". TheCable. 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2023-10-08.

External links

Ogunbanjo Foundation

[Kehinde-1] Seye Kehinde. (1989). 'I Know the Secret of Life'. ThisWeek, P. 34.

[2] Biersteker, T. J. (2014). Multinationals, the State and Control of the Nigerian Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 66-67

[3] IJEBU High Chief, CHRIS OGUNBANJO, Waxing Strong @ 98

[4] Olumuyiwa Runsewe (December 12, 2009). "Celebrating Chris Ogunbanjo At 86". The Guardian.

[5] "Legal icon Chris Ogunbanjo dies at 99 -- two months before 100th birthday". TheCable. 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2023-10-08.

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