A media aide to Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has accused defecting Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) federal lawmakers from the state of falling right into a political lure laid by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), following speculations that the governor was planning to hitch the social gathering.
Speaking as a visitor on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, Oladele Bamiji, a spokesperson for Governor Adeleke, stated the lawmakers defected primarily based on false assumptions, with out enough session with their chief or their constituencies.
“Maybe what I can say is a kind of miscalculation on the part of the lawmakers. The rumour perhaps overwhelmed them, thinking that the governor was coming, they felt that they were Abuja politicians and should be faster than the governor,” Bamiji defined.
“The governor is the leader of the party in Osun State. I felt they should have consulted with their leader and perhaps also the people in their various constituencies, but I am not sure that was done.”
Bamiji insisted that Governor Adeleke remained firmly within the PDP and had no intention of defecting. “Even if the governor was going to move, did they ask the governor any questions? Yes, the APC set a trap for them, and they entered,” he stated.
The defection of Senators Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East) and Olubiyi Fadeyi (Osun Central) on Wednesday introduced the overall variety of APC senators within the tenth National Assembly to 70, lowering PDP’s illustration to twenty-eight.
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Speculation round Governor Adeleke’s political allegiance intensified after he, his brother Adedeji Adeleke, and well-liked musician David Adeleke (Davido) visited President Bola Tinubu at his Ikoyi residence on June 3.
However, the governor, in a press release posted on his official X deal with after a strategic assembly with PDP stakeholders in Osogbo, reaffirmed his loyalty to the social gathering.
“I remain in the PDP, the party that gave me the platform to serve the good people of Osun. I have been unanimously endorsed by the Osun PDP for a second term in 2026,” Adeleke acknowledged.
In a shocking twist, he additionally declared help for President Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, describing the president as a “proud son of our state.”
The improvement underscores the rising political complexity in Osun State, as cross-party alliances and strategic endorsements blur conventional partisan strains forward of the 2027 basic elections.
