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By Akanni Omoooba
In Osun politics today, the All Progressives Congress (APC) resembles less a united party and more a house divided into five restless camps each pulling in different directions, each calculating its own survival, and none yet sure how the drama will end.
At the heart of it lies a struggle over power, strategy, and personal ambitions, with the shadow of Governor Ademola Adeleke and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) looming large.
The Omisore camp believes former governor Gboyega Oyetola cannot unilaterally dictate the APC’s next flagbearer. Their politics is less about winning elections and more about settling scores, disrupting the field, and showing muscle at the expense of party unity.
The Adeleke sympathy/Akande/Aji Bloc takes a more pragmatic view conceding that the APC, as presently fractured, cannot defeat Adeleke in 2026. Their energy is focused on ensuring President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, even if it means quietly supporting Adeleke’s second term. The calculation is clear, let Adeleke finish his eight years, then return the governorship ticket to Osun Central, where Sen. “Aji” might finally have his turn.
The Oyetola/Ambo Loyalists are the die-hards. They believe in the former governor and his ally, Bola Oyebamiji (Ambo). Their mantra is singular, reclaim Osun from the PDP at all costs. No alternative storyline interests them, no compromise appeals to them.
The Neutral Camp is made up of technocrats, aspirants refusing to be dragged into factional brawls. Instead, they are quietly consulting, building networks, and pitching themselves as focused leaders who want to govern beyond party vendettas.
The Negotiation Camp represents the most cynical strain of Osun politics, aspirants who declared interest not to run, but to be bought out. They are waiting, biding their time, until real contenders approach with the right offers.
The picture that emerges is troubling, a major opposition party torn into fragments at a time it ought to be consolidating against a sitting governor who has tightened his grassroots hold.
The APC, once dominant in Osun, now faces the risk of being remembered not as a party defeated by Adeleke severally, but as one that defeated itself.
Written by Akanni Omooba
(Osun Central Senatorial District)
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