Senate president, Bukola Saraki has on Wednesday sworn in Ademola Adeleke as the senator representing Osun West senatorial district.
Mr Adeleke took his oath of office administered by Saraki, on the floor of the red chamber.
After his resounding victory at the polls on Saturday, Mr Adeleke was presented with the Certificate of Return by INEC on Tuesday, which clears the way for his swearing in by the senate president.
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senator, Adeleke defeated Mudashiru Hussein of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the bye-election
He would replace Isiaki Adeleke, his late brother who previously occupied the position.
Senate president, in a tweet Wednesday afternoon, said “I was filled with emotions today as I swore in the brother of late Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke as Senator representing Osun west. I am sure that my late friend, his family, good people of Ede and Osun west senatorial district are delighted that the legacy of ‘GUV’ can continue.
“Iam sure my departed colleague will, in his grave, be happy and filled with joy today and always..
“My only sadness is that senator Ademola Adeleke is not coming in as an APC member. This is the result of mishandling of pre-election matters by our party. I hope senator Ademola Adeleke will very soon return to his natural fold, the APC, where he rightly belongs.”
Mr Adeleke had defected from the APC to PDP, and subsequently described the ruling party in his state as one that does not practise democracy.
“I used to be in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but I am back home now,” Mr Adeleke had said. “My interest was in APC, but it was when I got there, we discovered that they don’t practise democracy.”
