Ademola Adeleke

Ademola Adeleke
Governor of Osun State
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 November 2022
DeputyKola Adewusi
Preceded byGboyega Oyetola
Senator for Osun West
In office
2017–2019
Preceded byIsiaka Adeleke
Succeeded byAdelere Adeyemi Oriolowo
Personal details
Born
Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke

(1960-05-13) 13 May 1960 (age 64)
Political partyPeoples Democratic Party
SpouseTitilola Adeleke
Relations
Children
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman
  • administrator
  • philanthropist

Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke ((Listenⓘ); born 13 May 1960) is a Nigerian politician and businessman, who has served as governor of Osun State since 2022. He was the senator that represented the Osun-west senatorial district from 2017 to 2019.

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

  1. ^ "BREAKING: INEC declares PDP's Adeleke winner of Osun poll". Punch Newspapers. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Adeleke get 17 out of 30 local goment areas to win Osun govnorship election". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 17 July 2022.