Adebayo Adelabu
Adebayo Adelabu is a former deputy governor, operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria who served as the Federal Minister of Power of Nigeria. He resigned on April 22, 2026. He was also an Oyo State gubernatorial candidate for the All Progressives Congress in 2019.
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Jun 10, 2026
Lean Left
Adelabu's personal assistant was publicly linked to a kidnapping incident involving his own sister and twin sons, though an aide denied involvement following a police statement.
PDP reads this scandal as emblematic of the APC government's broader governance failures, where even officials in the corridors of power are entangled in the insecurity crisis devastating ordinary Nigerians.
Jun 8, 2026
Far Right
Adelabu's sister Busola Adegoke and her twin sons were kidnapped in Oyo State, with police killing two kidnappers and arresting four others in a rescue operation.
APC hardliners see the targeting of a former APC minister's family as proof that opposition-governed states like Oyo remain security liabilities, and credit federal security architecture for the successful rescue.
Jun 6, 2026
Center
His younger sister Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin sons were kidnapped in Oyo State and rescued by police after a gun duel that killed two suspects.
The abduction of a former minister's close family underscores that elite political connections offer no reliable protection from Nigeria's kidnapping epidemic, a damning indictment of security policy under the current APC administration.
Jun 6, 2026
Lean Left
The minister's sister, Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, and her twin sons were kidnapped and only rescued in a late-night police operation on June 6, 2026.
PDP uses the kidnapping of a sitting APC minister's family as a damning symbol of how insecurity has metastasized even to the ruling class under Tinubu's watch.
Jun 6, 2026
Far Left
The immediate past Minister of Power's sister, Mrs. Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, and her twin sons were kidnapped in Ibadan on June 3 and were rescued by police on June 6.
LP supporters note bitterly that even ministers' families are not safe under this administration's security architecture, making Tinubu's governance record on insecurity impossible to defend.