Solagbade Olufemi Lanlehin popularly known as SOLAN was born into the Illustrious Lanlehin family of Ibadan land. He had his secondary education at Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan and Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos.
Olufemi Lanlehin read law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he earned a LLB (Hons) degree, went on to the Nigerian Law School where he earned a BL and was called to the Nigerian Bar in July 1977.
Career
Barrister Olufemi Lanlehin joined the law firm of the erudite lawyer and social critic, Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAN in July 1978, where he was until August 1980. In August 1980, he established his own law firm, Olufemi Lanlehin & Co and was appointed a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths in August 1980
Political Career
Barrister Olufemi Lanlehin joined the Social Democratic Party in 1987 and ran for election successfully on its platform into the House of Representatives, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency of Lagos State from 1992 until November 1993 when the military aborted the Third Republic.
On Nigeria’s return to constitutional democracy in 1998, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin (SOLAN) joined the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and became its Lagos State Legal Adviser.
He worked with other patriots to win the governorship election in 1999 for his party in Lagos State and was appointed the Commissioner for Special Duties and then Special Adviser to the then Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In 2002, upon the promptings of his people in Oyo State, Chief Olufemi Lanlehin left Lagos State politics and joined the political fray in Oyo State. He was the Oyo State Coordinator of the Obasanjo/ Atiku Presidential Campaign Committee in 2002/2003. He was appointed the Chairman, Board of Directors, Benin- Owena River Basin Development Authority in 2004 until August 2007. He was also in February 2006 appointed the Pro-chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
In 2009, Senator Lanlehin as a member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and under the dynamic leadership of Alhaji Lam Adesina contributed towards rebuilding the party into a winning platform. Senator Olufemi Lanlehin was elected on the platform of the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) into the Senate of the National Assembly in April 2011 representing Oyo South Senatorial District of Oyo State comprising nine Local Government Areas namely; 1. Ibadan North 2. Ibadan North- West 3. Ibadan North-East 4. Ibadan South-West 5. Ibadan South-East 6. Ibarapa East 7. Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North till June 2015.
In the Senate, SOLAN was the Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Planning, Economic Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in addition to being a member of six other committees. He has been a champion of ecological reform to address perennial flooding problems in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, making appeals to the Senate and to President Goodluck Jonathan.
In 2014, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin joined the Accord Party (AP) after the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) became defunct, following its merging with other political parties to form the All Progressive Congress (APC). In the 2015 General elections, SOLAN ran for the Oyo South Senatorial District under the Accord Party (AP).
He is Gubernatorial candidate under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the upcoming 2019 General elections.
Personal Life
Senator Olufemi Lanlehin is married with four Children. He is the Balogun Ijo of St Stephens' Anglican Church, Nalende, Ibadan and the Ekarun Bamofin of Ibadan land. A member of many golf and country clubs.
Signed Ayinde Olanrewaju
AKA Dangote