The first civilian governor of Osun and serving senator, Isiaka Adeleke, is dead.
He died in the early hours of Sunday at a private hospital in Osogbo after succumbing to a protracted ailment.
Adeleke was aged 62 .
At the residence of the former governor in Ede, the atmosphere was tense as his corpse was brought in at about 1 : 10 p . m , preparatory to the Islamic burial rites at 4 : p . m .
A huge crowd of sympathisers and family members were seen weeping uncontrollably on sighting the corpse of the late flamboyant politician and socialite .
A two- term senator , Adeleke had won the Osun West senatorial seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) in 2007 .
He, however , defected from the PDP in the build up to the 2015 general elections and had won again on the platform of the All Progressives Congress .
(NAN )
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