Kayode Oladele (born 8 June 1963) is a Nigerian human rights activist, lawyer and politician who was a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives representing Yewa North/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency, Ogun State, from 2015–2019. He was the Chairman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Crimes and member of the House Committees on Justice, Human Rights, Rules and Business, Environment, Healthcare Services and Agricultural Institutions. He was elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress on 11 April 2015. Prior to that, he was Chief of Staff, office of the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes. On 20 February 2021, Oladele 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 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. Background Oladele represented the plaintiffs in an international human rights violation case brought by a group of Nigerians including the mover of Nigeria's