According to The Gazelle News, the Senator who represented Ekiti
central senatorial district in the upper legislative chamber of the 7th
National Assembly, collected his letter of appointment late Tuesday,
January 5.
Senator Ojudu was a member of the Senate between 2011 and 2015 on the
platform of then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) before it joined
other parties to form the All Progressives Congress (APC).
During his stay in the upper legislative chamber, he was the vice
chairman of the Defence Committee of the Senate as well as being the
spokesman for the APC Senate caucus in the Red Chamber.
Senator Ojudu was one of the active lawmakers in the 7th National Assembly but decided not to seek re-election in 2015.
However, he devoted his time to workings for the party right from the
period leading ot its formation, onto the campaigns and the post
swearing in activities.
An accomplished journalist, Senator Ojudu was one of the leading
media practitioners who devoted their time to fighting military
dictatorship during the dark days of the Abacha regime.
This constantly pitched him against the military authorities and he
was incarcerated several times, the climax of which was his nine month
detention in a solitary cell at the State Security Service (SSS) cell at
Awolowo Road Ikoyi.
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