Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, alongside the state management of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, has formally declared their assist for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid within the 2027 presidential election.
This resolution comes amid latest hypothesis that Governor Adeleke was planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, a transfer that reportedly confronted sturdy resistance from members of the Osun State APC.
The endorsement of Tinubu by Governor Adeleke and the PDP was formally confirmed throughout a stakeholders’ assembly held on Monday on the Authorities Home in Oke-Fia, Osogbo.
A communiqué launched after the assembly was signed by Governor Adeleke, Deputy Governor Kola Adewusi, Speaker of the Home of Meeting Adewale Egbedun, former Governor Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and 24 different notable social gathering leaders.
The communiqué highlighted the importance of native politics and the views of grassroots supporters as key elements influencing their political selections.
It additionally clarified that the rumored defection plan didn’t stem from Governor Adeleke and had encountered “sturdy resistance” from APC members in Osun, who had publicly criticized him on social media and nationwide platforms.
The communiqué additionally said that whereas PDP members had been initially uncomfortable with the defection thought, that they had agreed to face by the governor out of loyalty.
The social gathering leaders reiterated that Governor Adeleke, his administration, and the PDP proceed to be the dominant political pressure within the state.
The social gathering leaders pressured that Adeleke, his administration, and the PDP stay the most well-liked and extensively accepted political pressure within the state.
“That almost all of the members of the APC in Osun State are against the concept of the defection of Governor Adeleke to the APC, which didn’t originate from the governor within the first occasion.
“Some APC leaders based mostly on entrenched pursuits, have demonstrated hostility and resentment in the direction of Governor Ademola Adeleke. Some went on social media and nationwide tv to name Governor Adeleke all types of unprintable names.
“That almost all of PDP members in Osun State will not be glad concerning the thought of the defection of Governor Adeleke to APC, however solely reluctantly agreed to comply with Governor Adeleke to wherever he goes to point out their love, assist and loyalty to his management.
“That the state governor, the state authorities, and the PDP as a political social gathering stay highly regarded and acceptable above all different political events in Osun State.
“Consequently, the leaders hereby resolve that the PDP in Osun State recognises the truth that Osun State is the ancestral house of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which makes the President the son of Osun State. Due to this fact, the PDP in Osun State hereby adopts and endorses President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election within the 2027 presidential election.
“That PDP in Osun State reaffirms its adoption and endorsement of Governor Ademola Adeleke for re-election within the 2026 governorship election on the platform of the PDP.
“That Governor Ademola Adeleke and all members of the PDP in Osun State ought to stay within the PDP. That the management of the PDP in Osun State is directed to disseminate the decision to all buildings of the social gathering within the state.
“That the state governor is enjoined to forge forward with governance and implementation of the administration’s 5 Level Agenda.”
