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Honourable Prince Ademola Adewole Adegoroye was born to the illustrious Royal family of Adegoroye of Akure kingdom on the 11th of July 1967 in Akure, Ondo State. His Parents were the late erudite lawyer Prince Adedeji Adegoroye and the great educationist, Chief Mrs. Fehintola Adegoroye also of blessed memory.

He was enrolled at the Omolere Nursery and Primary School Akure where he passed out in 1979, upon which he got admitted into the Federal Government College Ido Ani, Ondo State and finished in the year 1984 with a West African School Leaving Certificate.

He was in Oyemekun Grammar School Akure between 1985 and 1986 for his advanced A level. He was admitted into the Obafemi Awolowo University in 1986 and got his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1991. After graduating from the University, Prince Adegoroye was called to bar in 1992. And he has since then been a member of the Nigerian Bar Association from 1992 till date.

From professional practise as counsel in Wole Olanipekun and Company, he was elected into the Ondo State House Assembly in 1999 as honourable member till 2003. While in the State House of Assembly he served as the Chairman House Committee on Youth, Sport and Information. In 2007, he was elected as the gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria and became the youngest gubernatorial candidate of that political era.

He has served as  Board Member in various public, government and private establishments like the Oodua Investments Limited, Federal Medical Center, Gusau Zamfara State, Chairman Alpha Motels Akure, Alomed Engineering and Construction Limited and Adetola College to mention a few.

Some of his Civil Responsibilities and Extra-Curricular Activities are, Chairman, Senatorial Primaries Appeal Committee, Oyo State, Member APC State Congress Committee, Ogun State, Member, State Strategy Committee, All Progressive Congress (APC), Registrar, Diocese of Akure (Anglican Communion) , Founder President Omolere Nursery & Primary School, Akure, Old Student Association, Member Rotary Club of Akure, Ijapo.

The Awards received among others are: Merit Award, by Centre for Community Development in politics and as a Motivator of Youths, presented by Ondo State House of Assembly 2003, Award of Excellence, and Clean up the world as Ambassador of Environmental protection 2002, Merit Award Odudua Descendant’s students Association by Nigeria Petroleum Institute, Effurun, Warri, Delta State.

Seminars and International Conferences attended are, Seminars on Information Technology in 21st Century: The Port-Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture 2001. Seminar on New Trend in Communication and Speech / Report Writing (University of Ibadan) 2000. Seminar on Nigeria’s 4th Republic: The Role of Office Holders and the Obligation of Civil Society (USAID) 1999. Institute of Directors Conference (IOD), London 2008, ODUDUWA Descendant’s Union Annual Conference Maryland, US 2008. International Conference on Legislative Ethics, Practice and Drafting, London 2001. The Role of Youth in the growth of the Church Liverpool (Anglican Youth Fellowship) UK 1989.

His Business Interests:

Proprietor and Chairman, Alpha Motels, Akure.

Chairman, A, O. A. Properties and Real Estates   Ltd.

Director, ALOMED Engineering & Construction Ltd.

Director, Ade-Tola International Schools, Akure.

Some of his Outstanding Achievements are well known through his Foundation, Ademola Adegoroye Foundation an individual initiative for the implementation of poverty Alleviation programme through the distribution of motorcycles, grinding machines, sewing machines to youths, market women and tailors. Scholarship awards to Akure indigenes in Tertiary Institutions. Established a Training Unit for unempleoyed youths in Traffic Control Duties in Akure Metropolis in 2001 to mention but a few.   

He is happily married to Mrs Olufunke A. Adegoroye (Nee Oyeyipo) Chief Magistrate, Ondo State Judiciary and the marriage is blessed with children.