Ademola Adeleke Net Worth, Biography, Wife, Age, Daughter, Son, Instagram, Wiki
Ademola Adeleke, popularly known as the Dancing Senator, is a Nigerian politician and currently a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) although he was once a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
He is also an entrepreneur and a former senator, representing the Osun-West senatorial district from 2017 to 2019.
Ademola Adeleke
| Full Name | Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke |
| Date of Birth | 13 May 1960 |
| Age: | 62 Years |
| State of Origin: | Osun State |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Wife | Mrs. Titilola Adeleke |
| Net Worth | $600 Million |
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Ademola Adeleke Biography
Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke (born 13 May 1960) is a Nigerian politician and businessman. He was a senator that represented the Osun-west senatorial district between 2017 and 2019. He is from the Adeleke family of Ede in Osun State. He contested the 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election and defeated incumbent governor, Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola who defeated him in the 2018 Osun State gubernatorial election rerun.
Ademola Adeleke Parents, Family
How Is Adeleke Related To Davido? Ademola Adeleke is an uncle to popular Nigerian music star, Davido. He was born to a Muslim father named Late Chief Raji Ayoola Adeleke and a devout Igbo Christian mother, Nnena Esther Adeleke
Ademola Adeleke Education
Adeleke commenced his primary education at Methodist Primary School, Surulere Lagos State then relocated to Old Oyo State and attended Nawarudeen Primary School, Ikire. He progressed to The Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School, Ede also in the then Old Oyo State and later moved to Ede Muslim Grammar School Ede, where he finished his secondary school education before relocating to the United States. As he left Nigeria to continue his studies joining his two other elder brothers in the United States of America. He started higher studies at Jacksonville State University, Alabama in the United States where he majored in criminal justice and with minor in political science. After much controversies surrounding his educational qualification, he went back to school and got enrolled at Atlanta Metropolitan State College in the United States, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice in 2021.
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Ademola Adeleke Career
Adeleke is a businessman and administrator; he served as an executive director of Guinness Nigeria Plc from 1992–1999, where his co-directors included General Theophilus Danjuma; he was the group executive director at his brother’s company, Pacific Holdings Limited from 2001 to 2016. Prior to joining Pacific Holdings Limited, Ademola had worked with Quicksilver Courier Company in Atlanta, Georgia, US, as a service contractor in 1985–1989. He progressed to Origin International LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, US, a flavours and fragrance manufacturing company as vice president from 1990 to 1994.
Adeleke is a community member and philanthropist. Adeleke started his political career in 2001 alongside his late brother Senator Isiaka Adeleke who died in April 2017. He contested at the Osun west 2017 by-election after the death of his brother, emerging as the winner under the People’s Democratic Party.
Ademola was a member under the All Progressives Congress until he decamped to the People’s Democratic Party in April 2017.
On 23 July 2018, Adeleke emerged as the governorship candidate of PDP in Osun State after defeating Akin Ogunbiyi by seven votes.
Adeleke ran for Osun state governorship election under the PDP against top contenders Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of APC and Iyiola Omisore of SDP on 22 September 2018. The election was declared inconclusive by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and a rerun slated on 27 September 2018. The candidate of the APC Oyetola was declared winner after the run-off. Adeleke protested the result describing the election as a “coup”.
On 22 March 2019 the tribunal sitting in Abuja declared Adeleke the winner of the election.
The Supreme Court later affirmed Gboyega Oyetola as the authentic winner of the 2018 Osun State governorship election on Friday, 5 July 2019.
In 2022, Adeleke contested in the gubernatorial election of 16 July, under the 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, including Olorunda, Ede South, Orolu, Osogbo, Odo Otin, Ifelodun, Atakumosa, and Ila.
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Ademola Adeleke Wife, Personal Life
Mrs Titilola Adeleke is the legal wife of Senator Ademola Adeleke. They have 2 sons and 1 daughter named Adebayo Adeleke popularly known as B- Red, Shina adeleke fondly called Shina Rambo and Nike Adeleke. They are all into the entertainment industry.
Ademola Adeleke Net Worth
Ademola Adeleke has an estimated net worth of $600 million. He is one of the richest and most influential politicians in Nigeria.
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