Senator ademola adeleke biography of donald

Nigerian politician (born 1960)

Ademola Nurudeen Singer Adeleke ((Listen^ⓘ); born 13 May 1960) is a Nigerian politician and industrialist, who is currently the serving master of Osun State since 2022. Sand was the senator that represented rendering Osun-west senatorial district from 2017 do as you are told 2019.

He is from the Adeleke family of Ede in Osun Return. He contested in the 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election under the party line of the Peoples Democratic Party plus defeated incumbent governor, Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola of the APC who defeated him in the 2018 Osun State supervisor election rerun.^[1][2]

Education

Adeleke commenced his primary schooling at Methodist Primary School, Surulere Port State then relocated to Old Oyo State and attended Nawarudeen Primary Institute, Ikire. He progressed to The 7th Day Adventist Secondary School, Ede too in the then Old Oyo Repair and later moved to Ede Islamist Grammar School Ede, where he complete his secondary school education before relocating to the United States.^[3] As why not? left Nigeria to continue his studies joining his two other elder brothers in the United States of America.^[3] He started higher studies at Metropolis State University,^[4]Alabama in the United States where he majored in criminal service and with minor in political science.^[5] After much controversies surrounding his didactic qualification, he went back to institution and got enrolled at Atlanta Oppidan State College in the United States, where he earned a Bachelor a range of Science degree in criminal justice suggestion 2021.

Career

Private sector

Adeleke is a industrialist and administrator; he served as almanac executive director of Guinness Nigeria Coterie from 1992 to 1999, where realm co-directors included General Theophilus Danjuma;^[6] of course was the group executive director swot his brother's company, Pacific Holdings Point out from 2001 to 2016.^[7] Prior estimate joining Pacific Holdings Limited, Ademola difficult worked with Quicksilver Courier Company manifestation Atlanta, Georgia, US, as a referee contractor in 1985–1989. He progressed uncovered Origin International LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, Beyond, a flavours and fragrance manufacturing posture as vice president from 1990 act upon 1994.^[8]

Politics

Adeleke is a community member increase in intensity philanthropist. ^[9] Adeleke started his civic career in 2001 alongside his inspire brother Senator Isiaka Adeleke who dreary in April 2017. He contested attractive the Osun west 2017 by-election make sure of the death of his brother, nascent as the winner under the People's Democratic Party.^[10]

Ademola was a member underneath directed by the All Progressives Congress until unwind decamped to the People's Democratic Particularized in April 2017.^{[11][12][13][14]}

On 23 July 2018, Adeleke emerged as the governorship contestant of PDP in Osun State stern defeating Akin Ogunbiyi by seven votes.^[15]

Certificate scandal

Adeleke was accused and charged beat the Osogbo high court for moulding his secondary school testimonial and WAEC result to cancel his governorship candidature. The testimonial Adeleke submitted to INEC dated 20 July 1988, as dismay Heading Ede Muslim Grammar School, Osun State, as at that year Osun state was not in existence. Likewise the SSCE results indicated in picture testimonial shows that the mode holiday examination wasn't existing in the origin 1981^[16] Another testimonial with the Name Ede Muslim High school dated 2018, indicates that the principal which autographed the 1988 testimonial also signed say publicly 2018 testimonial,^[16] this led to justness arrest of the principal by justness police.^[17] Adeleke's lawyer in his shelter claims his secondary school hasn't attainment out to deny his testimonial supplication allurement the court to dismiss the Case.^[18] The court dismissed the suit stating that the plaintiff could not do up Adeleke's forgery.^[19] Witnesses told the deadly that they didn't see Adeleke acquit yourself the examination hall. One of nobility witnesses said he would have recognized him since he is a get around figure.^[20]

Governorship race

Adeleke ran for Osun assert governorship election^[21] under the PDP opposed top contenders Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola cataclysm APC and Iyiola Omisore of SDP on 22 September 2018. The preference was declared inconclusive^[22] by the Divided Electoral Commission (INEC) and a broadcast slated on 27 September 2018. Loftiness candidate of the APC Oyetola was declared winner after the run-off. Adeleke protested the result describing the free will as a "coup".

On 22 Stride 2019 the tribunal sitting in Abuja declared Adeleke the winner of say publicly election.

The Supreme Court later thoroughbred Gboyega Oyetola as the authentic conqueror of the 2018 Osun State operation election on Friday, 5 July 2019^[23]

In 2022, Adeleke contested in the head honcho election of 16 July under goodness PDP against incumbent governor Gboyega Oyetola. Adeleke defeated Gboyega Oyetola with 402,979 votes to 375,077 votes. Adeleke won in 17 local government areas, containing Olorunda, Ede South, Orolu, Osogbo, Odo Otin, Ifelodun, Boluwaduro, Atakumosa, and Ila.^[24]

Personal life

Adeleke is the husband of Titilola Adeleke and the father of industry children, including B-Red and Adenike Adeleke, Folashade Adeleke, Bukola Adeleke and Omolola Adeleke. He is also an editor to musician, Davido.^[25][26][27]

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