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Adeyinka A. Ojediran was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2020. He was serving as an Area Seventy and a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Africa West Area at the time of his call.

Ojediran has served in other Church leadership positions such as bishop, stake president, and a counselor in a mission presidency, counselor in a stake presidency, counselor in a bishopric, counselor in a branch presidency, and branch Young Men president.

He was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, on April 5, 1967. He has worked as a business finance manager in Nigeria. He holds a B.Sc. in botany from the University of Ilorin and is an associate chartered accountant, graduating in accounting and business and management from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. He began his career working as a finance and administrative manager for the Quadrant Company. He then worked as head of strategic planning for Mutual Benefits Assurance PLC. Prior to his call to full time Church service, he worked as a business finance manager for Shell Nigeria.

He and his wife, Olufunmilayo Omolola Akinbebije, are the parents of one child.

• "The Covenant Path: The Way to Eternal Life," April 2022 General Conference talk
• Church News, "West Africa's first General Authority eager for others to realize their divine nature"