Kayode Oladele

Kayode Oladele (born 8 June 1963) is a Nigerian human rights activist, lawyer and politician who served as the acting chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) from 2 July 2025 to 21 January 2026. He currently serves as a Federal Commissioner and member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) of Nigeria representing Ogun State having been appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and sworn in on February 3, 2025, after the Senate confirmation. He served as a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives representing Yewa North/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency, Ogun State, from 2015 to 2019 where he also served as the Chairman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Crimes. He was elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress on 11 April 2015. Prior to that, he served as Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes in Nigeria. Oladele served as legal adviser to the governor of Ogun State and member of the State Executive Council from 2008 to 2011. On 20 February 2021, he was appointed by the Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria, Dapo Abiodun as the Chairman of a 20-member Peace-Building Committee.…

Kayode Oladele (born 8 June 1963) is a Nigerian human rights activist, lawyer and politician who served as the acting chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) from 2 July 2025 to 21 January 2026. He currently serves as a Federal Commissioner and member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) of Nigeria representing Ogun State having been appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and sworn in on February 3, 2025, after the Senate confirmation. He served as a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives representing Yewa North/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency, Ogun State, from 2015 to 2019 where he also served as the Chairman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Crimes. He was elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress on 11 April 2015. Prior to that, he served as Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes in Nigeria. Oladele served as legal adviser to the governor of Ogun State and member of the State Executive Council from 2008 to 2011. On 20 February 2021, he was appointed by the Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria, Dapo Abiodun as the Chairman of a 20-member Peace-Building Committee. The committee was inaugurated by the state government to determine the root cause of the incessant deadly clashes between the farmers and herders in Ogun West Senatorial District of the State, proffer lasting solutions and ensure that peace and harmony continue to reign in the area and the State. ==Early life and education== Oladele was born on 8 June 1963 in Nigeria. He is a mixed descent of Yewa and Awori subgroups of the Yoruba  people found in the western axis of Ogun State and Lagos State. He is also a descendant of Oniji dynasty of Aafin ruling house, one of the two ruling houses in line of succession to the throne of the ancient kingdom of Onimeko of Imeko in Imeko, Ogun State, Nigeria. His great-grandfather held the hereditary noble title of Ara Baba Oba of Imeko and member of the traditional kingmakers council who select the  king or Oba of Imeko, the Onimeko of Imeko. Maternally, he is a member of Ologundudu Oyekan Royal  family of Adapaako Ruling House  of Iwoye-Ketu, the ancient Yoruba community that produced the first Are Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland and Oniyunkun Ruling House of Moriwi both in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. Oladele attended Baptist High School, Ilaro, Ogun State, where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1981. He proceeded to Oyo State College of Arts and Science, Ile-Ife and obtained a Higher School Certificate/General Certificate of Education ( Advanced Level) in 1984. He then attended the University of Lagos, Nigeria, from where he received his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B Hon.) Degree in 1987. He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos and was called to the Bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1988. He later earned a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, USA in 2000. He was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan as an attorney and counselor the same year and rolls of the Supreme Court of the United States Bar in December 2004. He is an Executive Education alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. ==References==

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