PDP clarifies position on petition against Adeleke’s re-election

The Nyesom Wike-backed Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has disowned a petition challenging the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State.

Speaking astatine a property briefing on Wednesday, the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Haruna Mohammed, clarified that the PDP neither authorised nor endorsed Election Petition No. EPT/OS/GOV/02/2026 earlier the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting successful Osogbo.

This came a fewer days aft the tribunal displayed petitions purportedly filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the PDP challenging the result of the August 15 governorship election.

Mohammed described the petition bearing the PDP’s sanction arsenic unauthorised, insisting that it did not correspond the presumption of the party.

According to him, the PDP neither instituted, sponsored, approved nor endorsed immoderate ineligible enactment challenging Adeleke’s triumph successful the election.

The PDP faction spokesperson cited Article 42 of the PDP Constitution, which helium said vests the authorization to institute and behaviour ineligible proceedings connected behalf of the enactment successful the National L...