Ademola Adeleke: 'Dancing Senator' declares intention to run for Osun governorship election.

Senator Ademola Adeleke after winning the
senatorial election in 2017 (newspunch)

Senator Adeleke's elder brother, Isiaka, had planned to contest for the same governorship election before he died in April 2017.

Senator representing Osun west senatorial district, Ademola Adeleke, has declared his intention to contest the September 22 governorship election in the state.

Adeleke announced his plan to run for the office in a letter written to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In the letter addressed to the PDP, he said he is joining the governorship election race because he believes he possesses "all it takes to unite leaders and members of our party as well as galvanise the general electorate towards ensuring a resounding victory for the PDP in the forthcoming poll."

"In accordance with the directive of the leadership of our great party, I wish to respectfully express my intent to vie for the ticket of the party as its candidate in the Osun state governorship election holding on the 22nd September 2018," Adeleke wrote.

"I am a member of the party in Sagba Abogunde ward 2 of the Ede north local government in the Osun west senatorial district.

By Dimeji Akinloye.

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