The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the 2026 governorship election will be a walk in the park for the incumbent, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, regardless of whoever the opposition fields as candidate.
This position was made known in a statement signed by the party’s Director of Media, Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji (HOB), in reaction to the flurry of aspirants springing up within the ranks of the opposition, especially the All Progressives Congress (APC), all eyeing the governorship seat.
While the PDP welcomes all contenders to the democratic arena, the party insists that Osun State is not a political rehabilitation center for perennial losers and ego-driven merchants, whose ambition is rooted more in personal aggrandizement than in genuine service to the people.
“It is laughable watching men who once contributed to the misery of our people suddenly re-emerge with hastily assembled declarations, parading themselves as emergency redeemers,” the statement reads.
“We challenge these aspirants to tell the people of Osun State what exactly they forgot in Abere government secretariat that they are so desperate to recover. Is it the files of unpaid salaries, abandoned pensioners, or the stolen hopes of our teachers and local government workers?”
The party noted that any candidate coming from the APC would have an uphill task explaining to the people of Osun why the PDP administration led by Governor Adeleke, whose scorecard is replete with people-centered achievements should be traded for a past riddled with failure, deception, and unbridled arrogance.
“Such aspirants must be ready to face pensioners and explain why their tears never mattered when APC was in power. They must answer to local government workers whose allocations were brazenly pegged under their supervision and still being withheld by the APC-led federal government today,” the PDP Media Director stated.
“Let it be known: it will take more than recycled propaganda and federal name-dropping to unseat Governor Adeleke. The people of Osun are not fools. They have seen the difference between pain and progress, between arrogant rulers and compassionate leadership. They will not allow a reversal.”
The party highlighted some of the governor’s key achievements, including; regular payment of salaries and pensions with inherited backlogs being cleared systematically as promised by His Excellency, massive infrastructural renewal across all zones of the state, unprecedented investment in health and education, youth-focused empowerment initiatives and job creation, deliberate care for the aged, especially those who have served the state in the public service, prudent and transparent fiscal regime that has earned the state commendations at national and international levels, and many more.
The statement further mocked the opposition’s desperate PR tactics, noting that “insulting blabbings against a working governor” cannot translate to credibility or popularity. “Osun people don’t vote deceptive noise anymore, they vote visible results,” HOB quipped.
