1. Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke was a Nigerian politician, he was a two time senator who represented Osun West from 2007 to 2011 under the Peoples Democratic Party and was elected again under the banner of the All Progressives Congress in 2015.
14 Facts About Isiaka Adeleke
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Isiaka Adeleke ran for re-election in April 2011 on the PDP platform, coming second with 77,090 votes behind the eventual winner Mudasiru Oyetunde Hussein of the Action Congress of Nigeria who polled 121,971 votes.
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Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke was born on 15 January 1955 to the family of senator Ayoola Adeleke and Esther Adeleke.
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Isiaka Adeleke was born in Enugu State and spent his early years in the city until the beginning of the Nigerian civil war.
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Isiaka Adeleke started his primary education at Christ Church School, Enugu, before moving to Ibadan.
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Isiaka Adeleke was chairman, Governing Council, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Pro-chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, University of Calabar, Nigeria.
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Isiaka Adeleke was a member of SDP the dominant party in the state.
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The front runner was a lawyer, Oladipo Oladosu but after a close primary in which Isiaka Adeleke came second, Isiaka Adeleke was able to win a runoff.
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Isiaka Adeleke was then elected the first civilian governor of Osun State in 1992.
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Notable decisions made by Isiaka 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.
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However, in 1994, after the dissolution of the republic, Isiaka 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.
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Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke was appointed to committees on Upstream Petroleum Resources, Integration and Cooperation, Housing and Air Force.
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Isiaka Adeleke has supported the rights of Nigerians living abroad to vote in Nigerian elections.
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Isiaka Adeleke died on 23 April 2017 at Biket Hospital in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.