| Olusola Adeyeye | |
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| Representative for Boluwaduro/Ifedayo/Ila, Osun State | |
| In office May 2003 – May 2007 |
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| Senator for Osun Central | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Simeon Oduoye |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ila, Osun State, Nigeria |
| Political party | Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) |
Professor Olusola Adeyeye is a Nigerian biologist and politician who was elected Senator for the Osun Central constituency of Osun State, Nigeria in the April 2011 federal elections. He ran on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform.
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Sola Adeyeye was born in Ila, Osun State. He attended Obokun High School when it was merged with Ilesa Grammar School.[1] Adeyeye attended the University of Ibadan, where he was the editor of a students' newspaper. When the military government of Olusegun Obasanjo lifted the ban on politics in 1978, he worked for the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), the party of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. After Awolowo failed to be elected President in 1979, Adeyeye went abroad where he earned his graduate degree.[2] He attended the University of Georgia, where he earned a PhD, and became a Professor of Biology at Duquesne University, USA.[2]
Adeyeye married Moji Christianah Adeyeye, and they have two daughters and one son. His wife attended the University of Nigeria, obtaining a BsC in pharmaceutics in 1976, and went on to the University of Georgia where she obtained a Ph.D. in pharmaceutics in 1988. She is founder of Drugs for AIDS and HIV Patients, a nonprofit organization committed to prevention, education, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS children in Nigeria.[3] Professor Olusola Adeyeye is Chief Executive Officer of Elim Pediatric Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye is Founder, President and Chief Scientist of the company.[4]
Adeyeye was the Secretary-General of the United Democratic Front of Nigeria (UDFN) headed by Professor Wole Soyinka, an overseas organization that promoted a return to democracy in Nigeria.[2] After returning to Nigeria, Adeyeye was Chairman of Ifedayo local government in Osun State.[1] He was elected a member of Federal House of Representatives in April 2003, representing Boluwaduro/Ifedayo/Ila Federal Constituency, holding office until April 2007. He was among those strongly opposed to allowing President Olusegun Obasanjo run for a third term.[5] The regional tabloid Osun Defender selected Adeyeye as Man of the Year because of his principled stand on this issue.[6]
In the April 2011 election for the Osun Central Senatorial seat, Adeyeye won with 129,527 votes, ahead of runner-up Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) who received 49,001 votes.[7] His opponent, a former governor of the state, accepted defeat with good grace and congratulated Adeyeye on his victory.[8]