Roland Stephen Owie KSJI is from Ilobi village in isi community, he was elected Senator for the Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. Owie is the pioneer chief whip of the senate after forming a team with then President of the Senate, Chuba Okadigbo. Prior to him being a senator, he was elected into the House of Representative in 1979
After taking his seat in the Senate he was appointed to committees on Selection, Senate Services, Power & Steel, Agriculture, Water Resources and Drug & Narcotics.
Roland Stephen Owie also contested in the 2003 Governorship Election on the party ANPP but was defeated by Lucky Igbinedion. Roland Owie introduced the bill that established the Nigerian Security Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).
Born in Edo state, roland hails from ilobi village, isi community. He attended Ahmadu Bello University where he studied geography and made valuable friends like atiku abubakar who was his schoolmate at Ahmadu Bello University . Before entering full time politics owie was amongst the founding fathers of Auchi Politechnic in which he became the first Registra of Auchi Polytechnic.