{
  "id": 12644214,
  "title": "Osun Rep candidate unveils 335-man campaign team, names Adeleke patron",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/osun-rep-candidate-unveils-335-man-campaign-team-names-adeleke-patron-12644214",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T14:42:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/osun-rep-candidate-unveils-335-man-campaign-team-names-adeleke-patron/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pelumi Olajengbesi, the Accord Party House of Representatives candidate for Osun State’s Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency, has unveiled a 335-man campaign team led by Governor Ademola Adeleke. The formation of the campaign council, announced on Wednesday via a statement on Olajengbesi's Facebook page, aims to prepare for the 2027 election.\n\nThe council, chaired by Osun State Commissioner for Environment, Mayowa Adejorin, includes political stakeholders, professionals, community leaders, women, youths, students, and grassroots mobilisers. Adeleke, who previously served as Adeleke’s 2026 governorship campaign spokesperson, occupies a prominent patron position alongside Kazeem Akinleye and Dele Faseru.\n\nThe campaign council comprises 20 committees, each chaired by a key figure such as Ayodeji Areola for Elders and Stakeholder Engagement, Yemisi Itiola for Mobilisation and Field Operations, and Tope Abiola for Media and Publicity. Notable positions include Director-General Adesoji Baderin, Deputy Directors-General Ladesuyi Tope and Sola Adeyekun, and Secretary Omotoso Eniola.",
  "summary": "Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been named a patron of the 335-man campaign council constituted by Accord Party House of Representatives candidate, Pelumi Olajengbesi, ahead of the January 2027 election in the Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency. Olajengbesi, who previously served as spokesperson for Adeleke’s 2026 governorship campaign, announced the formation of the campaign council in…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Osun Rep candidate unveils 335-man campaign team, names Adeleke patron",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/osun-rep-candidate-unveils-335-man-campaign-team-names-adeleke-patron",
        "published": "2026-10-07T14:24:39.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}