Meet Dele Adeleke, The Politician In Feud With Davido

Dele Adeleke, a relatively obscure figure recently became headlines in the news after the award-winning Singer, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido took to social media to drag him for contesting for the office of Executive Governor of Osun State against their uncle, Ademola Adeleke

Dele Adeleke, cousin to the Award-winning Singer, Davido and a candidate in the incoming Osun State Gubernatorial election has replied the Singer Davido, who recently dragged him for competing against their uncle, Ademola Adeleke for the office of Executive Governor of Osun State.

It should be noted that the 29-year-old singer, came online again to accuse Dele Adeleke of denigrating the memory of his mother, Vero Adeleke who according to the music star brought him (Dele Adeleke) up after he lost his own mother at an early age.

Who is Dele Adeleke

Bamidele Dele Adeleke was born in 1972, cousin to the popular afrobeat singer, Davido and a candidate in the incoming Osun State gubernatorial election. Investigation reveals that his father is the eldest of the Adeleke’s dynasty.

He holds a National Diploma in Accounting from the Polytechnic of Ibadan, a BSC in management/accounting and an MBA in General Management at Obafemi Awolowo University.

Aside from his formal educational qualifications,  Dele is a member of the Institute of Direct marketing, Shipbrokers  American society for quality, Mckenzie Strategy evaluation panel, Institute of Debt recovery Management and an alumnus of the Lagos business school

Dele began his professional career as a banker at Liberty Merchant Bank Limited, he also worked at the Standard Trust Bank and Pacific Merchant Bank, where he piloted the recapitalization and the restructuring of the Bank from a merchant bank to a Commercial bank.

After his contribution to the Pacific Merchant Bank, He was employed as the project manager for the integration of the Unity Bank Group’s operational procedures and information technology platform, and was later appointed Divisional Head/Executive in charge of Strategy and Corporate Development.

Dele not only contributed to the banking industry but also to the power and telecommunication industry, He restructured Axis Power Distribution Company and managed the company’s entry into a consortium that bid for the acquisition of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company of PHCN

He was appointed the Pioneer CEO, He was later appointed as Project Director/COO for TKM where he supervised the reengineering of the company and the manufacture, importation and deployment of 250 Telecommunications Towers for MTNN and several others for GLO the position he held before appointment as CEO of Seal Towers Ltd.

Feud with Davido

As stated earlier in this article, Davido took to Twitter to publicize his feud with his politician cousin for contesting in the incoming Osun State gubernatorial election against their uncle. He noted that dele was ungrateful despite all the sacrifices that the family made for him to be who he is today.

Dele however took to the platform to reply to the singer’s allegations, noting that he would never write anything against Davido’s late mother, just as he pointed out that he would never allow such to be done to his own mother whom he lost at a young age.

Declaring his respect for Davido’s decision to support their uncle, the governorship aspirant said it was possible for each one to make their political choices without rancour and bitterness.

He wrote: “Dear David, For whatever this is worth to you, please note that I lost my mother at a tender age like you and would never allow anyone to denigrate her nor her memory. I will NEVER write nor say anything against my Auntie Vero, who I cherish dearly….

“You are the king of social media & you definitely know people take it upon themselves to write whatever they believe will give them clout. So many of your fans came to my SM handles to threaten me and some even asked me to go and die. Did you send them to threaten my life?.”

“I seriously doubt it and I do not believe you will do such thing. So, irrespective of politics, please note that I am not that kind of person; I have maintained decorum in the face of provocation and I will continue to do so.”

“I respect your decision and choice to support Uncle Demola and that is the beauty of democracy. It is possible we can all make our individual choices without rancour and bitterness. We can all follow different paths and still live as one big, happy family.”

“The people of Osun, greatly deserving the best, will give the job to who they so deem fit and may the #Best man win #OSUN2022 You will always remain dear to me. “

He added that he decided to reach his cousin via Twitter when the message he sent to the singer on Whatsapp failed to deliver.