Governor Ademola Adeleke's re-election campaign in Osun State will be managed by a 52-member committee chaired by Prof Wale Oladipo, former national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Oladipo, a professor of Nuclear Chemistry and current chairman of the governing council at Osun State University, will lead the structure announced in a statement released in Osogbo on Tuesday. Senator Lere Oyewumi, Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate, has been named Director General, while Information Commissioner Mr Kolapo Alimi is Deputy Director General. Pelumi Olajengbesi, convener of the Coalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates in Nigeria, is the campaign spokesperson, with Bola Ajao serving as secretary.
Bamidele Salam, representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency and chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, will lead the Media and Publicity Committee. Former secretary to the state government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, will handle Inter-Party Relations. The campaign structure includes 29 standing committees and extends to the federal constituency level, with an Imole Federal Constituency Campaign Committee to be established in each of the nine federal constituencies.
At the grassroots, the Imole Local Government Campaign Committee will operate in all 30 local government areas and the area office, incorporating lawmakers, council chairmen, party leaders, special assistants, councillors and education authority representatives. The committee's mandate is to serve as the highest decision-making body, overseeing planning, execution and evaluation of all campaign activities. It will ensure cohesion and discipline while coordinating operations across federal constituencies, local governments, wards, diaspora networks and polling units.
Prof Wale Oladipo chairs Adeleke's campaign while also leading the governing council of Osun State University, raising questions about separation between public academic roles and partisan political duties. Nigerians concerned about neutrality in state institutions may wonder how a sitting university council chair manages a high-octane re-election bid without conflict. The overlap places academics in political spotlight, potentially affecting public trust in educational impartiality. This dual role does not breach any law but sits uneasily in plain sight.
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