The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has told Governor Ademola Adeleke to prepare for an electoral defeat that will take him out of the government house in 2026.
The Osun APC’s Director of Media, Mr Kola Olabisi, sounded the warning on Wednesday, while reacting to the boast by the Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi, that the PDP would rule Osun forever, given Adeleke’s impressive achievements in office.
Bisi spoke in Osogbo at the monthly interactive session organised by the League of Veteran Journalists in the state.
The PDP chairman also dismissed claims that Adeleke and his kinsmen in Ede had relegated to the background other interests in the administration of the state, insisting rather that the governor and his family came to the rescue of the PDP at the crucial time and had been magnanimous in conducting affairs of government.
“By God’s grace, Osun that we are in, people are happy with us. The last time I visited the Osun NUJ Press Centre, it was not like this. Is it the payment of workers’ salaries or pensions or the ongoing infrastructure in the state?
“Will the people of Osun now say the government of the PDP has failed? No! The previous government in the state began rehabilitation of the road from Gbongan to Akoda and for a good 12 years, the repair work is still within Gbongan town, no progress.
“The road is still incomplete till today. They collected money for the construction of these roads but they didn’t deliver the projects. If such a government should come back to Osun State, the people.
“We have tasted two different governments and now we know the one that is sweeter. PDP will continue to rule Osun State forever,” Bisi said.
Reacting to the alleged overwhelming influence of Adeleke’s kinsmen from Ede on Osun government business, the PDP chairman said, “Concerning Ede’s matter, we thank God for Adelekes who assisted us to liberate Osun, but the family has been magnanimous and accommodating.”
He said the Adeleke administration would continue to initiate and implement projects that would impact the lives of residents positively.
Contacted for reaction, the Director of Media of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Mr Kola Olabisi, declared the readiness of the opposition to end Adeleke’s reign in the next governorship poll.
Olabisi said, “We are not moved by the arrogant statement credited to Mr Sunday Bisi, the factional chairman of the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party PDP, that his party would rule the state forever as such a statement is an indication that his party would lose the state to the opposition All Progressives Congress APC in the forthcoming 2026: elections.
“If we go down memory lane, it is when the PDP is destined to lose an election that such an odious and horrendous statement of ruling the state forever comes out of the handlers of the ill-fated party. It is still fresh in the memory of the people of this country how one of the former national chairmen of the PDP haughtily stated that their party would rule the nation for 60 years which eventually resulted in the loss of the party at the national level to the progressive party.
“We were also in Osun State when the PDP handlers arrogantly stated that the party would rule forever which was proved wrong by the torpedoing of the PDP government by former Governor Rauf Aregbesola.”
Source The Punch
