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DOSSIER · SENATORUPDATED JUN 2026

Adeniyi Ayodele Adegbonmire

Senator, Ondo Central (Senatorial) · APC

Assessment Profile06

Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire (APC, Ondo Central) entered the 10th Senate as a first-term legislator and Senior Advocate of Nigeria with a background in commercial litigation and arbitration at Aluko & Oyebode. He chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture Colleges and Institutions and serves as Vice Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. His legislative output in approximately three years includes at least four bills — covering a Federal University of Agriculture in Akure (SB 436, passed second reading 2024), a Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital (SB 460), a Federal University of Arts, Culture, Science and Tourism in Igbara-Oke, and a Federal College of Vocational and Technical Studies in Idanre — and a motion that secured a Senate resolution urging Federal Government to construct the Ode-Omifufu-Ofosu road corridor linking Ondo and Edo States. Constituency-facing delivery has centred on empowerment distributions, skill-acquisition training, educational materials, and fertiliser disbursements, with no independently verified capital infrastructure projects completed to a standard tracked by a monitoring body. His claim to have facilitated the N134 billion Akure-Ondo-Ore road dualisation through budget inclusion is disputed by a House of Representatives member who moved an earlier motion. No criminal proceedings, court charges, or EFCC filings have been identified against Adegbonmire. On the integrity axis, asset declaration status in the current term has not been independently verified, and he lost the May 2026 APC senatorial primary under circumstances he publicly described as a 'charade' involving armed disruption of voting.

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Legal Record07

No court or anti-graft case on public record in this archive as of compilation. Absence of a record is not a clearance.

This grade rates performance in office, not any person’s guilt. Criminal matters appear above only as their court status. How we grade.

Sources24
  1. 12023: Adegbonmire declares for Ondo Central Senatorial seatP.M. News Nigeria · 2022-04-21
  2. 2NigeriaDecides2023: APC wins Ondo Central senatorial election, Akure Reps seatPremium Times Nigeria · 2023-02-25
  3. 3Adeniyi Adegbonmire — WikipediaWikipedia
  4. 4Leadership of the Standing Committees of the 10th Senate (2023–2027)Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) · 2023-08-01
  5. 5Bill to establish University of Agriculture Akure passes second readingVoice of Nigeria · 2024-05-01
  6. 6Senator Adegbonmire pushes bill to establish Agric Varsity in AkureTribune Online · 2024-05-01
  7. 710th NASS: I've sponsored 3 bills in one year — Ondo Senator AdegbonmireVanguard News · 2024-06-01
  8. 8Ondo-Edo agricultural corridor: Senate pushes for construction of Ode-Omifufu-Ofosu roadNew National Star · 2025-11-13
  9. 9Senate Plenary Recap March 18-20th, 2025National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NALTF) · 2025-03-20
  10. 10Senate Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions Chair Tasks NSPRI and other Relevant Agencies on Postharvest Solutions to Food LossesNigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI)
  11. 11Ondo Senator seeks solution to Agric research challengesTribune Online
  12. 12Aiyedatiwa, Deji of Akure, Falae, Adetimehin Eulogise Adegbonmire as He Empowers ConstituentsTVC News
  13. 13Adegbonmire hails Tinubu as 'Mega Empowerment' initiative impacts lives in OndoThe Nation Newspaper
  14. 14Back to School prog: Aiyedatiwa, Adetimehin, others laud Senator Adegbonmire for distributing learning materials to Students in Ondo centralSunshine Truth · 2024-09-24
  15. 15Senator gives students, teachers multimillion-naira educational materials in OndoPunch Newspapers · 2024-09-01
  16. 16Ondo Senator, Adegbonmire, facilitates skill acquisition for 170 youths, womenTribune Online · 2024-11-01
  17. 17Ondo Senator Slams Viral Video, Describes It as Malicious Campaign of CalumnyAkelicious · 2025-07-01
  18. 1850yr-Old Ore/Ondo/Akure Highway Listed For Repair, Dualization — AdegbonmireIndependent Newspaper Nigeria · 2024-07-01
  19. 19How I moved motion for dualisation of Akure-Ondo-Ore Expressroad — Reps member MakindeVanguard News · 2025-02-01
  20. 20N'Assembly won't stop off-cycle elections, says Ondo SenatorPunch Newspapers · 2023-11-01
  21. 21Why NASS won't stop off-cycle polls — Senator AdegbonmireVanguard News · 2023-11-01
  22. 22Ondo APC Primary: Thugs attack Senator Adegbonmire at polling unitVanguard News · 2026-05-18
  23. 23Violence Mars APC Senatorial Primary in Ondo as Gunmen Allegedly Target Senator's VehicleLegit.ng · 2026-05-18
  24. 24Gunshots disrupt APC senatorial primary in OndoTheCable · 2026-05-18