‘Dancing’ Senator Ademola Adeleke Emerges Osun PDP Governorship Candidate

Senator Ademola Adeleke, popularly known as the ‘dancing senator’, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State.

Ademola, who lost the state’s 2018 governorship election to the incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Dotun Babafemi amongst others in the primary election held at the Oshogbo Stadium.

The primary was held at the Osogbo City Stadium under the supervision of Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, as Chairman of the Osun Governorship primary.

While declaring Adeleke as the winner, Ewhrudjakpo said that Adeleke scored 1, 887 votes, while his closet rival Sanya Omirin, scored four votes.

The primary was also supervised by the party’s representatives from Abuja, as well as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).