Isiaka Adeleke, senator representing Osun west, is dead. He
reportedly died on Sunday morning at Biket Hospital, Osogbo, after suffering a
heart attack. His colleague at the
senate, Shehu Sani, described the late
Adeleke as a 'principled and responsible gentleman'.
Adeleke was elected first governor of Osun state in 1992 under
Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Read his profile below:
Senator Isiaka
Adetunji Adeleke was born on January 15, 1955 to the family of Ayoola Adeleke
and Esther Adeleke. His father was once a Senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. Though an indigene of Osun State, he was born in Enugu State and was
there in his early years before the civil war began. He was a Senator of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria representing Osun West senatorial District until
his last moment on earth.
He had his Primary
Education at Christ Church School, Enugu before his family moved to Ibadan. He
however completed his secondary school at Ogbomosho Grammar School where he had
his West Africa School Certificate in 1972. He then proceeded to the
Jacksonville State University United States of America where he bagged a
Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science in 1983. In 1985, he obtained his
Masters in Public Administration from the same Institution.
Before becoming a
senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he was the Chairman, Governing
Council, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Pro-Chancellor And Chairman,
Governing Council, University of Calabar, Nigeria. He was also the Director of
Pacific Merchant Bank and Chairman of Tadel Investment Limited.
During the Nigerian
third republic, Adeleke ran for thr governorship post of the newly created Osun
State which was carved out from Oyo State under the then Social Democratic
Party, 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 1992. Notable decisions
made by Adeleke was the establishment of a polytechnic at Iree, a college of
technology at Esa-Oke and the completion of the Osun State Broadcasting
Corporation.
In 2007, Isiaka
Adetunji Adeleke contested for a seat in the Osun West Senatorial district
under the platform People's Democratic Party (PDP) and won. He lost out in the
2011 elections.
However, In the 2015
elections, he again re-contested for a seat in the Osun West Senatorial
District under the Platform of the All Progressives Congress(APC) and Won.
It is worthy of note
that he targeted to sponsor bills that will improve Nigeria’s Criminal Justice
System.
He also bagged the
National award of Commander of the Order of the Niger (C.O.N).
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