Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo

Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo (10 August 1944 – 4 June 2009) was a Nigerian military officer and politician. She founded the Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN) party in 1998, which she ran under as a candidate for the presidency in the 2003 elections, which she happened to be the only female contender on the ballot paper for the 2007 presidential elections.^[1] She was also the ex-wife of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.^[2]

Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo
Birth name	Mojisola Adekunle
Born	(1944-08-10)10 August 1944 British Nigeria
Died	4 June 2009(2009-06-04) (aged 64) Lagos, Nigeria
Allegiance	Nigeria
Branch	Nigerian Army
Rank	Major
Spouse(s)	Olusegun Obasanjo ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 1998)​
Children	5

Adekunle-Obasanjo died on 4 June 2009, at her daughter's residence at Ikoyi, Lagos after a brief illness.^[3] She was survived by four children and numerous grandchildren.

Political career

Mojisola worked as a Radiologist with the Nigerian Army for most of her career before she retired to run for office.^[4] In 2003, Major Mojisola ran as a presidential candidate in the national and Gubernatorial election. She received a total number of 157,560 votes which was equivalent to 0.40% of the approved votes.^[5]

She also ran in the 2007 Nigerian Elections and was defeated.^[6]