Former Osun Guber Candidate Ademola Adeleke Wipes off Stain on Record

One of the most interesting things about being a politician is the ‘stigma scare’ or the fear of a past blemish suddenly floating to the surface. This is what happened to Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke (alias Dancing Senator) while he was on the cusp of taking the Osun governorship chair for himself. With the most recent development, that will not happen a second time.

News media houses are buzzing with reports and photos of Senator Ademola Adeleke following his graduation from the Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Georgia, in the U.S. As friends and close colleagues are tilting wine bottles to celebrate Ademola’s new certificate, others are calling to mind the difficulties and torrents of humiliation he faced in the last Osun gubernatorial election.

Recall that the Osun State guber of 2019 was one of the most interesting elections at the time. While there were several contenders, the front-runners were incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the dancing Senator, Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

At the time, some analysts noted that Oyetola had the momentum of an incumbent governor on his side. In contrast, Adeleke had his big brother, the wealthy Adedeji Adeleke, and the people of Osun. After many judicial somersaults, Adeleke was declared the winner. And then came the bomb that he forged his SSCE testimonial and WAEC result and the submitted Diploma in Criminology from Jacksonville State University (JSU). At the end of the drama, Adeleke lost the dance to Oyetola and soon after decided to solidify his academic qualifications for all the world to see.

And now, he has. With the Diploma in Criminal Justice, maybe the dancing Senator will step up and step out for the next Osun State gubernatorial electoral royale. In any case, Senator Ademola Adeleke’s slate is cleaner now than it was three years ago.