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Penguin2:
Omisore, the Atiku of Osun.

Dude wants to govern Osun by force.

In the end it’s either Osun gives up and allows him to govern her or Omisore will give up and accept that he cannot govern Osun.

One must happen between the two.

onatisi:
sometimes a tree can be bigger and wider than 30 tress , and when removed will create a big space that will be impossible to fill in years

National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Tanimu Turaki, says the party has yet to receive any official communication from Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun over his resignation from PDP.

Turaki stated this while speaking with newsmen shortly after the party’s National Working Committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said while Adeleke has the right to stay or leave the party, he had yet to communicate the party that he was resigning his membership.

“We have seen in the media a letter purported to be from him resigning his membership of our party, but I tell you that up to this moment, we have not officially received any such indication from him that he has left this party.

“From the instructions we have given our people in the field, I know that Gov. Adeleke’s name is one of the aspirants vying for the ticket.

“So, if he decides—either in person or via a representative at the centre of the primary—that he has withdrawn or refused to make himself available, then that will form part of the report we will receive.

“As far as we are concerned, even if what we saw on social media is true, as a Nigerian, Gov. Adeleke, like any other person, has the constitutional right to freedom of association. He is free to move in; he is free to move out of any political party,” he said.

Turaki said that the power and strength of PDP remained with the people, not persons elected on the platform of the party.

“We are together with our people. If you go to states where some of the governors left, conduct a survey and you will discover that most of the people did not go with those who defected. That is what we are counting on.

“Our people are with us intact, and by the special grace of God, when election time comes, they will prove to Nigerians that the PDP is still in proper and complete shape,” Turaki said.

Speaking on the party’s internal processes, Turaki said that the NWC had reviewed and approved the congresses in Osun conducted to select ad-hoc delegates.

He also said that the party’s governorship primary for Osun was ongoing peacefully, noting that Adeleke remained one of the aspirants in the exercise.

“As I speak to you now, primaries are ongoing…Gov. Adeleke’s name is one of the aspirants vying for the ticket,” he said.

Turaki added that the NWC had also reviewed the arrangements being made for the conduct of the local government election in Anambra.

“We are satisfied with the report we received from the leadership of the party in Anambra State, that they are well prepared for that election. We are hoping that we will sweep that election when it is conducted,” he said.

Turaki also said that the former governors of the party nominated by President Bola Tinubu for non-career ministerial appointments had not communicated the party on the development.

“For the former governors who have been nominated, we are yet to receive any indication from them seeking permission or notifying us of the appointment.

“We wish them well. If they come to us, we will certainly consider it on its merit and take a decision on the appropriate response.

“But for now, I can confirm to you that we have not received any communication from them informing us that they have been nominated for ambassadorial positions,” he said.

On the security challenge currently facing Nigeria, Turaki said that the NWC advised the Federal Government to immediately review the country’ security architecture.

He said there was the need for government to brace up and ensure that Nigerians and their property were protected wherever they might be.

“We call on the federal government to brace up and, most especially, begin to consider a review of the security architecture in this country.

“We in the PDP believe that a situation where governors are called the chief security officers of their respective states, yet have no hand in controlling the operational activities of the military and security personnel who operate in their states is something that needs to be overhauled,” he said.

The Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, however on Tuesday stated that Adeleke will formally join a new political party before December 13, following his resignation from the PDP.

Vanpascore:
Show us any other two main projects Adeleke started and commissioned in the last 3 years other than few roads and the oke fia fly over?

Education?
Agriculture?
Security?
Youth Empowerment?
Health?

Stuffyj:
Even your boss, Oyetola will be defeated if he contests again. You people are no match at all. Osun is not going back to the hand of APC. Never! We are fully imolenised. Adeleke will win wherever he goes. He has gained the love of Osun masses and we will vote massively for him.

Chief Bola Oyebamiji, a leading governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has said he is prepared to work hand-in-hand with Senator Iyiola Omisore and other party stalwarts to unseat Governor Ademola Adeleke in the 2026 election.

Speaking after he submitted his expression of interest and nomination forms at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Monday, he said the APC must approach the election as a united front if it hopes to reclaim the state.

According to him, all 14 aspirants of the party share a collective responsibility to rally around whoever eventually picks the party’s ticket.

The former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) also insisted he remains the aspirant to beat in the forthcoming APC primary.

“Omisore is an elder we recognise and honour, and he is not the only credible aspirant. This is a friendly match. Whoever emerges, we will support,” Oyebamiji said.

“We are brothers, and unity is our strength in the APC. In two years, we have not lost a single member; over a million have joined us. That shows APC is the party to beat. After the primary, we will sit down together and work as one to rescue Osun.”

Oyebamiji underscored his confidence by pointing to a long administrative and professional record. With 28 years in the banking sector, he said he mastered target-driven management before transitioning to public service, where he served as MD of Osun State Trade and Investment, Commissioner for Finance and later NIWA boss.

“I worked in banking for 28 years — you must be profitable, know your onions, and deliver results. I resigned to join public service, and everywhere I served, I left without blemish,” he said. “My track record as finance commissioner and as NIWA MD gives me the courage that anywhere I step, I will succeed. That is why I believe I am the candidate to beat.”

He dismissed claims that political godfathers are backing his ambition, stressing that his support base is rooted among party members and ordinary Osun people. “Nobody is backing me except the Almighty God and the credible people of Osun. They are the ones urging me on,” he stated.

Oyebamiji described Osun as a state with immense, underutilised human and natural resources requiring a disciplined manager with character, analytical depth and integrity, just as he urged delegates to examine aspirants’ antecedents rather than rhetoric.

He called for prayers and committed to grassroots mobilisation, promising transparent, evidence-based governance if elected, since Osun deserves a results-driven leader capable of expanding opportunities, strengthening infrastructure, and restoring credibility to government.

The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Adewale Egbedun, along with some lawmakers and their aides, on Tuesday stormed the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary to confront officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and party members.

Egbedun, accompanied by his deputy, Hon. Akinyode Oyewusi, and other lawmakers, arrived at Adolak Event Centre shortly after the primary winner was declared, expressing opposition to the exercise.

A video circulating on social media showed Egbedun pointing at the INEC Public Relations Officer, Mr. Musa Olurode, dressed in a blue native attire, after which one of his aides reportedly attacked the official.

The Deputy Speaker, Oyewusi, intervened, ordering the aides to cease the assault.

The Speaker later entered the hall, angrily declaring that those at the venue had no right to conduct a party primary in Osun State.

Speaking to newsmen, Egbedun warned Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, against using Osun State as a springboard for his presidential ambition.

He said, “I am the Speaker of Osun, I am a leader in my state and in the PDP. We were on the floor of the house when we received calls that some people were here, all the way from Oyo State, to come just to have a vote that we call a drama.”

“I am a leader of PDP and a bona fide member of the Party. I used the PDP ticket to win my election in 2023. So it’s very strange to see videos of people calling themselves PDP members. I could remember that there was a message that there was going to be a Congress. We were waiting for them, and we received another message that the Congress had been postponed.”

He warned, “This is a message to Gov Seyi Makinde, if he is desperate to become President come 2027, he should use another state as a tool, not Osun state. We are bona fide PDP members; we have 25 House of Assembly members, 5 Rep members, and senators.

“For a governor from another state to come to our state to dictate to us, we won’t take that. This is a message to everybody that we won’t take this anymore. They came here to do what I can call a drama, and this will be the end of it.”

He reiterated, “We do not have any notifications whatsoever from any office. I am the Speaker, and a governor from another state will come to dictate to us; we won’t take that. We will have a meeting and decide on what to do.”

fergie001:
I am laughing and I know why because I will still mention you.

descartes400:
Can't he contest as an independent candidate?

fergie001:
Na me go tell you, no be you go tell me on Electoral Act.
No disrespect, I see that guy's take on X, legally, you are better than him.
That's why I like here, there na mob support.....here we all dissect every.
Go and read the Supreme Court judgement of APP vs Nwosu.

Ade-dancer is going to AP, and he has all of my support.

Iceberg3:
Ok but bros,it is DIFFERENT not PIFFERENT,thanks

fergie001:
Adesina ifedolapo posted a falsity on X, you carry am come here. Here na NL, people wey sabi plenty here.... Truths9ja

Has he been nominated by any political party let alone knowing whether it is two or three? That's why he openly withdrew his clearance nah! (Primaries never hold)

Nomination here means been elected at the Primaries of more than one political party.... See APP vs Uche Nwosu.