Gov. Ademola Adeleke Is No Longer Interested In PDP’s Governorship Ticket – Sunday Bisi

Governor Ademola Adeleke

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has said that Governor Ademola Adeleke might no longer be interested in seeking the nomination of the party for the 2026 governorship election. The party, however, revealed that Gov. Adeleke’s decision might change with the resolution of the crises ravaging the PDP.

Speaking to journalists in Osogbo, the state capital, Osun PDP Chairman, Mr Sunday Bisi, shared that the current crisis ravaging the party has made the conduct of the party’s governorship primary earlier slated for December 2 impossible.

According to him, Adeleke completely complied with all requirements set out in the PDP’s timetable for nomination, including purchasing the expression of interest and nomination forms before the deadline elapsed.

He stated that the Governor even appeared before the duly constituted screening committee of the party on October 30, and he was screened and cleared without reservations.

“He purchased and submitted the expression of interest and nomination forms within the stipulated window of October 13th to 25th, 2025, being the deadline for submission.

However, soon after these pre-primary processes were concluded, the internal imbroglio rocking the national leadership of our party escalated.

The suspension and counter-suspension of key national officers, officers who are statutorily central to the conduct of congresses, primaries, and the transmission of our candidate’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), created a level of uncertainty that directly impacted the planned schedule,” he said.

Sunday further noted that the disagreements that led to the disruptions of party congresses are currently before several Nigerian courts.

He concluded by saying that for Gov. Adeleke to contest for re-election with PDP, the resolution of crises ravaging the party must be recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission and reached within the commission’s timeline for the Osun governorship poll.

“This crisis reached a point where the statutory ad-hoc ward and local government congresses, scheduled for November 24th and 29th respectively, could not hold.

These are the very congresses where delegates to the primaries are elected. As you are all aware, the issues leading to these disruptions are presently before various courts across the country.

In the light of the foregoing, it has become inevitable, indeed unavoidable, that the PDP governorship primaries earlier slated for Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025, can no longer hold as scheduled.

However, because of the internal crisis rocking the national leadership of our party, the information at my disposal is that Governor Ademola Adeleke may no longer be interested in seeking the nomination of the PDP for the 2026 Osun Gubernatorial Election, except a resolution recognised by INEC is reached within the INEC timeline,” he added.