By Gabriel Atumeyi
365Daily – The immediate past Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Senator in the Fourth Republic, Biyi Durojaiye, has died at the age of 88.
It was gathered that Durojaiye who played a role during the days of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) died after a brief illness in the early hours of Tuesday in Lagos.
Durojaiye was first elected member of the 1988/89 Constituent Assembly. In 1992 he was an aspirant for the President of Nigeria on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), losing to M.K.O. Abiola.
With the abortion of the third republic, in December 1996 Durojayi was arrested by the military regime of General Sani Abacha, and was imprisoned for 560 days.
In the fourth republic, Durojaiye was an elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999-2003). He won the AD primaries to represent the party in the Ogun East constituency in the 2003 elections, although he was threatened with legal action by Chief Adamo Olayinka Yesufu, a rival for the nomination, in the event, the PDP candidate Tokunbo Ogunbanjo won the election.