Governor Ademola Adeleke
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state disclosed how his father advised against pursuing a career in music. He expressed that if he hadn’t pursued a career in politics, he would have chosen the entertainment industry as an artist.
Due to his cheerful and lively nature, Adeleke earned the nickname ‘Dancing Governor,’ and his dancing videos gained widespread attention on social media. Despite facing criticism for dancing during campaign periods, some supporte
He said: “Actually, I was supposed to be a musician right away. But my father, when we were growing up in the sixties, didn’t allow it. They didn’t believe that somebody should go and do music. They just wanted you to go to school. So he discouraged me. But I know that I have that talent. It’s the talent I passed on to my nephew and my son.
“If you play music now, I don’t know how, I would just start dancing. My body would just start moving without knowing it.
“I got to America in 1981. The name of my school that time in Alabama was Jacksonville State University. It was in the countryside. At that time, the school was having their anniversary, a lot of activities were happening there. So I picked the dancing part. So, after the stages, we got to the finals.
“So to cut the long story short, I won. I remember vividly, the president of our school was trying to pronounce my name – Ademola Adeleke – he called me Jackson. And at that time Michael Jackson was reigning. So that’s how I got the name Jackso
rs argued that it demonstrated his social accessibility. In an interview on ARISE TV on Wednesday, the 63-year-old politician revealed that his childhood dream was to become a musician.