Osun PDP supports Tinubu, Adeleke for re-election

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has thrown its full support behind President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign and endorsed Governor Ademola Adeleke for a second term in the 2026 governorship race.

This was revealed in a communiqué issued after a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Government House and released to the press by Governor Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed.

The party also clarified that Governor Adeleke chose to remain in the PDP following resistance from key members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who reportedly rejected overtures regarding his possible defection.

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The communiqué specifically objected to the “manner some APC members castigated the governor over the political development in the state on national television and social media,” noting that many PDP members themselves did not support the idea of a defection to the APC.

Signed by prominent figures including Governor Adeleke, former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, PDP Chairman Sunday Bisi, Senator Lere Oyewumi, and 24 others, the communiqué reaffirmed the party’s full adoption and endorsement of Governor Ademola Adeleke for re-election in the 2026 governorship election on the platform of the PDP.

It reads further, “The PDP in Osun State recognizes the fact that Osun State is the ancestral home of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which makes the President the son of Osun State. Therefore, the PDP in Osun State hereby, adopts, and endorses President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election in the 2027 presidential election.

“Governor Ademola Adeleke and all members of the PDP in Osun State should remain in the PDP.

“The leadership of the PDP in Osun State is directed to disseminate the resolution to all structures of the party in the state; and

“The state governor is enjoined to forge ahead with governance and implementation of the administration’s Five Point Agenda”.