Dolapo Osinbajo


Dolapo Osinbajo, née Soyode is a Nigerian lawyer and political figure. As the wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, since 2015 she has been Second Lady of Nigeria.

Early life and career

Dolapo Osinbajo was born on 15 July 1967, and grew up in Ikenne. She is a granddaughter of Obafemi Awolowo, the Nigerian nationalist and Yoruba Chief, and his wife Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, through Awolowo's daughter Ayodele Soyode,
She married Yemi Osinbajo, a distant cousin, on 25 November 1989. In 1990 she was called to the Nigerian Bar.
Dolapo Osinbajo is the Executive Director of The Women's Helping Hand Initiative, a refuge facility in Epe, Lagos, established in 2014, and a co-founder of the Orderly Society Trust.

Activities as Second Lady

In September 2019 she presided at the 49th Benue Women in Prayer Prayer Convocation in Makurdi. She also inaugurated Mama Abyol Children’s Home and Benue Centre for Enterprise Development and Innovation. In her speech to young people in Benue State, she warned them against attempting to copy illusory internet lifestyles. Speaking to out-of-school graduating girls in Lagos in December 2019, she encouraged them to live responsibly as good role models. She also characterised violence against women as an offence against humanity. In mid-December 2019 Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari, appointed Osinbajo – together with the wives of Nigerian state governors – as a 'champion' to lead the fight against tuberculosis in Nigeria.

Works