What is Isiaka Adeleke?
'''Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke''' (15 January 1955 – 23 April 2017) was a [[Nigeria]]n politician. He was a two time senator who represented the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] (PDP) in [[Osun State]] from 2007 to 2011 and was elected again under the banner of the [[All Progressives Congress]] in 2015. He became a member of the [[Nigerian Senate]] in 2007.<ref name=nassnig>{{cite web|url=http://www.nassnig.org/senate/member.php?senator=63 |title=Sen. Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke |publisher=National Assembly of Nigeria |access-date=2009-09-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123235807/http://www.nassnig.org/senate/member.php?senator=63 |archive-date=November 23, 2009 }}</ref> He ran for reelection in April 2011 on the PDP platform, coming second with 77,090 votes. The winner was [[Mudasiru Oyetunde Hussein]] of the [[Action Congress of Nigeria]] (ACN) with 121,971 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elections.punchng.com/home/live/id/118/ |title=Official result of OSUN Senatorial Elections |work=The Punch |date=Apr 10, 2011 |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-date=2011-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413230727/http://elections.punchng.com/home/live/id/118/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Adeleke suffered a [[heart attack]] and died on 23 April 2017 in [[Osogbo]], Nigeria, aged 62.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saharareporters.com/2017/04/23/senator-isiaka-adeleke-dead|title=Senator Isiaka Adeleke is Dead|date=23 April 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adeleke, Isiaka}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Osun State]] [[Category:Nigerian politicians]]