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According to information released by the All Progressives Congress, APC, chapter in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke was turned down because he was a liability who would compromise the party’s credibility.

It follows a statement issued during a meeting of the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Leadership Caucus. The Osun APC statement was signed by Tajudeen Lawal, the party chairman, on Wednesday in Osogbo.

Signed by Governor Adeleke and twenty-seven other party chieftains, the communiqué denounced the opposition to Governor Adeleke’s planned defection to the APC.

However, Lawal claimed in the APC statement that Governor Adeleke’s desperate attempt to obtain shelter within the party was driven by her dread of losing the 2026 governorship race.

He said, “We state first of all that the highly informed Osun State public, who are aware that it was the fear of the impending 2026 election defeat that motivated the governor to desperately seek in our party an asylum for his political survival in 2026, are excited about the measured treatment meted to the Osun State governor and his desperate party men.

“It is no longer news that the Osun PDP has become a leprous house deserted by decent politicians with intention to serve the people.

“From 2023, when the party began to morally emaciate and became a war loot of the Adeleke dynasty, bright minds and people with good names to protect, who could not tolerate the deceit, shenanigans, and high-level corruption and brigandage the Adeleke government represents, daily troop out from the tattered umbrella into our party, thus leaving the PDP with carcasses and political dregs with no structure and hope to retain power in future elections.

“Therefore, the self-adulation of the PDP caucus that it remains the most popular party in Osun State is merely self-consolatory, as the claim could not be substantiated with facts.”

The chairman of the Osun APC stated that a political party is open to all interested parties, but that Governor Adeleke’s entry is suspected of being meant to damage the party’s reputation and cause a crisis in public opinion.

Additionally, he asserted that Governor Adeleke was seeking refuge in the APC in order to escape the anger of the state’s voters following her mismanagement of nearly N1 trillion in 30 months.

He said, “Those who knew Governor Adeleke is running from the wrath of the Osun State electorate, after mismanaging close to N1 trillion in 30 months of his administration and is only looking for a cover in the APC to escape the people’s anger at the poll in 2026, are the ones who rejected his repugnant overtures and deceptive proposal to join the APC.

“A political party is a free-exit-free-entry arrangement; therefore, everyone is welcome. However, in a situation where an entry is suspected to tarnish the image of the party and create a public perception crisis for it, the party is at will to foreclose such a destructive entry, as was the case in the instance of Adeleke’s attempt to smuggle himself into our party.”

He stated that Adeleke’s plan to join the APC was dishonest and was only rejected due to her unsuccessful reelection campaign.

“Those who rejected the defection of Adeleke to the APC knew the intention was deceptive and was solely because of the troubled re-election bid of the governor, having regard that the same PDP is daily recruiting canvassers and opinion moulders to tarnish the image of President Tinubu on the radio and television in the state, while he is all over Abuja pretending to be a friend of the President,” he added.

Additionally, the chairman of the Osun APC charged that Governor Adeleke had been disparaging President Bola Tinubu.

“You cannot be criticizing, rubbishing, and abusing the national leader of our party, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the corners of the state and at the same time be putting up a friendly posture, all in the interest of your desperate re-election bid, which has hit the rock before the election proper.

“A true lover of President Tinubu would not warehouse public resources while citizens languish and suffer economic deprivations.

“A true lover of Tinubu would use the commonwealth of the people, which has increased by over 300 per cent since assumption of office of the current administration, to equip hospitals, provide agricultural and food subsidies, and fund key sectors of the economy to improve the well-being of the citizens,” he concluded.

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