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| Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke |
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| Isiaka adeleke during his burial |
Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke was born on 15 January 1955 to the family of Senator
Ayoola Adeleke and Esther Adeleke. He was born in Enugun and spent is early years in the
city until the beginning of the Nigeria
civil war. He was the second out of five children given birth to his father from
his mother side. Out of his siblings is Adedeji Adeleke father to the popular musician DAVIDO. He
started his primary education at Christ Church School, Enugu before moving to
Ibadan, he completed his secondary education at Ogbomoso Grammar School.
Adeleke holds a Bachelor Of Arts Degree, and a master's degree In Public
Administration. He was Chairman, Governing Council, Nigerian Export Promotion
Council, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, University of
Calaber, Nigeria.
During the Nigerian
third republic, Adeleke ran for governor of the
newly created Osun State which was carved out from Oyo State. He was a member of SDP the dominant party in the state but he was not initially
favored to win. The front runner was a lawyer, Oladipo Oladosu but after a
close primary in which Adeleke came second, Adeleke was able to win a runoff. He was then elected the first civilian
governor of Osun State in 1991. Notable decisions made by Adeleke were the
establishment of a polytechnic at Iree, a college
of technology at Esa-Oke and the completion of the Osun State Broadcasting
Corporation. However, in 1994, after the dissolution of the republic, Adeleke
pitched its tent to the opposition group, Afenifere but later switched to join a Democratic Party of Nigeria,
a new political party with support from close associates of Abacha In 2007, Adeleke was elected senator for Osun West. His
main competitor was Mudasiru
Oyetunde Hussein, standing for the Action Congress. Hussein had spent two terms in the House of
Representatives (1999–2007) as a member of the Alliance for Democracy party in a Lagos
State constituency, but originated from Osun state. Hussein appealed the election unsuccessfully.Isiaka Adetunji
Adeleke was appointed to committees on Upstream Petroleum Resources,
Integration and Cooperation, Housing and Air Force. siaka Adetunji Adeleke was a two time Nigerian senator who represented
the People's Democratic Party in Osun State from 2007 to 2011 and was elected
again under the banner of the All Progressives Congress in 201
In March 2008, he instituted a scholarship award for about
100 indigent students in tertiary institutions across the country.
In July 2009, as chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC,
Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke praised the work of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, saying "so far INEC has performed creditably well".He has
supported the rights of Nigerians living abroad to vote in Nigerian elections. Adeleke, before his death was
allegedly eyeing the governorship seat in Osun ahead of the 2018 election in
the state.
Adeleke the great man, a political
jagabam an uncle to the popular musician “OMO BABA OLOWO” Davido, the savior of
all Edes, the eyes of the young once In Osun State died on the 23rd
of April 2017 in an hospital at Oshogbo the state capital. He was confirm to
have died of heart attack even do a later report said that he was poison In
party he attended at Kuta a nearby village to Iwo. A picture showed him while
eating with friends during the party which so many people said to have been an unusual
behavior of Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke to eat outside. This catastrophe leads
to people insisting that an autopsy before he will be buried. According to
report from a source close to the family said the result shows that he was
given an overdose of pain reliever before he attended a political rally a day
before he died.
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