S.O. Shonibare
Cif Samuel Olatunbosun Shonibare (Janairu 8, 1920 - Janairu 1964) ɗan kasuwan Najeriya ne kuma ɗan siyasa wanda ya kasance memba a ƙungiyar Action Group (AG), ya kasance mamba mai himma a jam'iyyar tun daga kafa ta har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekarar 1964. Shonibare ya yi aiki a matsayin sakataren yada labarai na jam’iyyar sannan kuma ya yi ayyukan tara kudade na kungiyar Action Group.

Ya rike sarautar Asiwaju na Ijebu.

Rayuwa da aiki 
An haife shi a watan Janairu 1920, Shonibare ɗa ne ga Sadiku Shonibare-Sanusi. Ya fara aikinsa a shekarar 1936 a matsayin magatakarda na UAC a Ibadan, inda ya yi aiki daga shekarun  1936 zuwa 1942. Daga nan sai aka kara masa girma zuwa babban magatakarda kuma mai kula da littattafai a Ijebu-Ode a shekarar 1942.  Ya tashi ya zama manajan ofis, sashen fasaha kafin ya bar kamfanin a shekarar 1952. Bayan barin UAC, ya shiga Amalgamated Press, publishers of the Daily Service - a political mouth-piece of the Action Group. A lokacin aikinsa, kamfanin ya kaddamar da Sunday Express, mujallar mako-mako mai ban sha'awa, da kuma Daily Express tare da haɗin gwiwar Thomson Group.  A karkashin jagorancinsa, Amalgamated Press yana da editoci kamar Bisi Onabanjo da Lateef Jakande, gwamnoni biyu nan gaba.

A shekarar 1958, Shonibare ya zama manajan darakta na Kamfanin Kaddarorin Zuba Jari na Ƙasa. S.O. Gbadamosi, mamban hukumar ne ya gayyace shi ya zama MD.

Yayin da yake aiki da UAC a Ijebu Ode, mai kula da shi shi ne Mista Samuel Olukoya. A wani biki a 1942, an gabatar da shi da diyarsa Ms. Alice Olukoya. Sun yi aure a shekara ta 1946.

N.I.P.C. 
Ya kasance manajan daraktan wani kamfani mai cike da cece-kuce, National Investment and Properties Corporation, wani kamfani mai zaman kansa wanda ke da alaka da AG da gwamnatin yankin kuma daraktocinsa duk ‘yan jam’iyya ne. Kungiyar Action Group ce ta kafa kamfanin a shekarar 1958 domin kaucewa sabuwar dokar da ta hana amfani da bankuna wajen samar da kudaden ayyukan jam’iyya. A baya dai jam’iyyar ta tsunduma cikin wani yanayi mai cike da rudani da Bankin kasa don samar da kudade.  Karkashin alakar NIPC da AG, kamfani mai zaman kansa ya karbi rancen kudi daga hukumar tallace-tallacen yankin yammacin duniya domin zuba jari a kasar. An yi amfani da kudin wajen bunkasa wasu kadarori da suka hada da Gidan Cocoa, Ibadan da Western House, Broad Street, Legas.  A shekarar 1962, wata kotu a karkashin Mai shari’a GBA Coker ta binciki lamunin fan miliyan shida wanda Hukumar Tallace-tallacen Yankin Yamma ta baiwa NIPC. A binciken, an lura cewa NIPC wani bangare ne na saka hannun jari na kungiyar Action Group don tallafawa ayyukan jam’iyya.  An mayar da kadarorin NIPC zuwa WEMABOD.

Lokacin da dokar ta-baci ta fara tasiri a yankin, Shonibare ya takaita a garin Ondo; ya rasu a watan Janairun 1964, makonni bayan da aka dage dokar ta baci. Shonibare ya kasance shugaban kamfanin Amalgamated Press Ltd, Ikeja. Kafin mutuwarsa, ya kafa Shonny Investments wanda ke kan aiwatar da haɓaka Estate Maryland. Ya kuma shiga harkar fim ta wayar tafi da gidanka da sana’ar printing.

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