2027 elections: Has Gov Adeleke resigned from the PDP to join APC? Osun cabinet members speak

• Osun State Executive Council members person vowed not to wantonness the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Ademola Adeleke
• The commissioners and peculiar advisers connected Monday, denied rumours of planned defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC)
• Osun Executive Council vowed to enactment toward Governor Adeleke’s re-election successful the 2026 gubernatorial race

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

Osun state, Osogbo - On Monday, April 28, members of the Osun State Executive Council reiterated their loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its leader, Governor Ademola Adeleke.

Osun enforcement council, politician dismisses defection rumours

Adeleke, Osun commissioners, others denied defection to APC. Photo credit: aadeleke_01
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In a melodramatic twist of events, the furniture members, comprising commissioners and peculiar advisers, besides dismissed rumours that Governor Adeleke would permission the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Addressing newsmen connected Monday, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Dosu Babatunde, said nary of the furniture members is considering leaving the party, Vanguard reported.

The furniture members described the defection rumours arsenic "political fallacy" and blamed disgruntled absorption members for spreading misinformation.

2026 poll: Osun furniture members reaffirm loyalty to Adeleke

Osun furniture members pledged loyalty to Adeleke up of the 2026 governorship elections. Photo credit: aadeleke_01
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The Osun State Executive Council emphasised that they stay committed to protecting and strengthening the PDP, a enactment they fought hard to build.

“Your Excellency, Mr Governor, we are utilizing this accidental to further affirm and reaffirm our emotion and unshakeable solidarity with you and your medication successful Osun State.“We work and heard with large consternation the galore insinuations being mischievously bandied astir successful definite governmental quarters, peculiarly the absorption parties, astir the looming wide defection of the Executive Council members from the ruling PDP to different governmental party.“This is not lone a governmental fallacy taken to the utmost but besides a careless and unguarded insinuation by the accustomed disgruntled members of the absorption enactment successful the state.“To this end, we are utilizing this accidental to authorities and reaffirm, again and again, that nary magnitude of governmental gerrymandering hatched by the absorption enactment members successful the authorities volition marque america beryllium a enactment to destroying a location (PDP) which we fought bony and nail to build.“Come 2026, the full radical of Osun State volition reenact the feat of getting Your Excellency, Senator Ademola Adeleke, returned arsenic Governor of our beloved state,” helium added.

High-profile defections deed PDP

Meanwhile, successful caller weeks, high-profile defections of politicians deed the PDP.

Legit.ng reported that Sheriff Oborevwori, the politician of Delta state, dumped the starring absorption party, PDP, and defected to the ruling APC.

The governor joined the APC alongside his predecessor and PDP vice statesmanlike campaigner successful the 2023 election, Ifeanyi Okowa.

Read much astir politicians, defections here:

• Atiku's moving mate successful 2023 election, Okowa, breaks soundlessness aft resigning from PDP to articulation APC
• 2027 election: Saraki breaks soundlessness connected Okowa, Oborevwori’s defection, “Let them go”
• PDP politician breaks soundlessness connected APC defection
• 2027 election: Ayodele lists 5 PDP govs to enactment for APC

Defections: PDP calls exigency meeting

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the National Working Committee of the PDP has scheduled an emergency gathering to code the question of defections weakening the party.

In caller days, the PDP has been deed by cardinal defections, which see Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, erstwhile politician Ifeanyi Okowa, and the full PDP operation successful the authorities switching to the APC.

Interestingly, acting nationalist president Umar Damagum is faced with mounting disapproval arsenic the interior situation continues to destabilise the PDP up of the 2027 elections.

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Source: Legit.ng