Former Bristol City trainee Odejayi shrugged off goading from the Rovers faithful to drill in a ten yard shot on the hour after keeper Steve Mildenhall had beaten away Alex Revell's strike.
Two minutes later Odejayi had a hand in sealing a revenge win for Rotherham who were beaten by Rovers on their home patch only four weeks ago.
Winger Lee Frecklington added the second when he blasted in substitute Odejayi's pass from ten yards.
Joe Anyinsah set up a tense finish in the 80th minute when he fired home his fourth of the campaign from a tight angle, but Rotherham stood firm to move to third place in the table.
I've seen quite a bit of Rovers in recent weeks and Anyinsah typifies boss John Ward's work ethic.
While Anyinsah admitted he would have preferred the win, the goal at least is some sort of reward for a player who - in my opinion - runs his heart out for the team in every game.
Rotherham boss Steve Evans was pleased with the win that moved his team into the automatic promotion places, but was also impressed with Rovers recent revival and said:
"The statistics don't lie. Rovers have drawn one and won five of their last six games. It as a tough night for us, but other than a special goal from Bristol Rovers we haven't had a save to make.
What a job John is doing. The players will climb Ben Nevis for him. I don't gamble myself, but my wife might have a little dabble on them to get promoted next season."
Rovers manager John Ward remained positive after watching his side lose only their second game in the ten since he returned for a second spell in charge. He said:
"We played a team that's expected to be in the top three if not win the league and we ran them close. I can't fault the effort of my team. We had a good go.
"There are hearts on sleeves in the team and they represented the club in a good way. Their commitment is unquestionable and that's what we'll take forward."
My clipping from this morning's paper
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