Isiaka Adeleke

Isiaka Adeleke
2nd Governor of Osun State
In office
January 1992 – November 1993
DeputyClement Adesuyi Haastrup
Preceded byLeo Segun Ajiborisha
Succeeded byAnthony Udofia
Senator for Osun West
In office
9 June 2015 – 23 April 2017
Preceded byMudasiru Oyetunde Hussein
Succeeded byAdemola Adeleke
In office
5 June 2007 – 6 June 2011
Preceded byAkinlabi Olasunkanmi
Succeeded byMudasiru Oyetunde Hussein
Personal details
Born
Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke

(1955-01-15)15 January 1955
Enugu, Eastern Region, British Nigeria (now in Enugu State, Nigeria)
Died23 April 2017(2017-04-23) (aged 62)
Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
Profession
  • Politician
  • businessman

Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke ((Listen); 15 January 1955 – 23 April 2017) was a Nigerian politician, he was a two time senator who represented Osun West from 2007 to 2011 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was elected again under the banner of the All Progressives Congress in 2015.[1] He 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 (ACN) who polled 121,971 votes.[2]

  1. ^ "Sen. Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke". National Assembly of Nigeria. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Official result of OSUN Senatorial Elections". The Punch. April 10, 2011. Archived from the original on April 13, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.