Adeyeye made the switch to journalism in 1981 and was Editor II at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Ikoyi, between 1981 and 1982.

Abiola for President Campaign Organisation (1993), spokesperson for the Alliance for Democracy (AD), and a member of the South-West Delegation to the Nigerian leaders of Thought Conference, Abuja.

This time, his nomination was approved by the Nigerian senate and he was sworn in by President Goodluck Jonathan on 9 July of that year as Minister of State for Works.

[citation needed] In 2018, Adeyeye declared interest in the race for Ekiti Governorship seat and ran for the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but controversially lost to Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, the anointed candidates of the sitting Governor - Peter Ayodele Fayose.

Adeyeye is the Chairman of Southwest Agenda'23 (SWAGA), which has a presence in Nigeria with offices in several states, including Kwara, Kogi, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Plateau, amongst several others.

[citation needed] Following the inauguration of the National Caretaker Committee of the PDP on 7 June 2016, Adeyeye was nominated as the representative of the South-Western Region of Nigeria.

Adeyeye stopped acting in that capacity after the administration of party's executive committee headed by Prince Uche Secondus.

[7] In an interview with the Leadership Newspaper, Adeyeye highlighted his first eleven priorities which pointed at revolutions in agriculture, education, employment figures, health and social welfare amongst others.

Adeyeye defeated Senator Biodun Olujimi of PDP in Ekiti South Senatorial District in the National Assembly election conducted on Saturday, 23 February 2019.