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Senator Isiaka Adeleke is Dead

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Senator Isiaka Adeleke

Senator Isiaka Adeleke

Senator representing Osun West District, Isiaka Adeleke has died.

He died on Sunday morning at Biket Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State.

Reports say he suffered a heart attack on Saturday night before he was rushed to the hospital.

Adeleke became the first elected Governor of Osun State in 1991 on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

He represented Osun West in the Senate between 2007 and 2011 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He defected to All Progressives Congress (APC), after a failed governorship bid under PDP in 2014. He won the senatorial seat in 2015 under the APC.

He is an uncle to music star Davido.

He will be buried in Ede today.

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