APC Aspirants Are Ego Shoppers, Adeleke Will Beat Any Opposition Candidate in 2026

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 number of aspirants springing up within the ranks of the opposition, especially the All Progressives Congress (APC), all eyeing the governorship seat.

The PDP noted that while it welcomes all contenders to the democratic arena, it insisted 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.

“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?”

“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.

“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 media director stated.

The party further 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 for deceptive noise anymore, they vote for visible results,” he added.

Addressing the controversial past of some of the aspirants, the party added: “We are also watching some characters, recently smeared with allegations of audacious criminality, now attempting to clean up their image just in time for an election. The same APC that declared them criminals and unfit yesterday now wants to parade them as tomorrow’s hope? The people of Osun will not fall for such double-speak.”

“In a state where APC once institutionalised hardship, from unpaid workers to vandalised institutions, we urge their aspirants to come clean on whether pain is still their official ideology or whether they’ve found a new bottle for the same old wine of affliction,” the PDP declared.

Osun PDP affirmed its readiness to face the electorate once again with boldness, basking in the exemplary performance of Governor Adeleke, to renew the mandate of good governance and a solid footing for the generations yet unborn.

“We shall meet at the ballot. And when we do, we trust the people of Osun to stand firm against regression and continue on this bold path of progress and renewal. The game is set, and the outcome is obvious.”