Ade Adepitan

Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television. Adepitan is a disability advocate and one of the first physically disabled television presenters in the UK, with a career of over 20 years. Adepitan was born in Lagos. As an infant he contracted polio, which caused damage to his legs that required him to use a wheelchair.