Osun PDP Denies Adeleke Defection Rumours, Says APC Behind “Failed Distraction Agenda”

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied any plans by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The state chapter of the party also dismissed all the rumours being spread on social media as fallacious and cheap lies.

Some reports had claimed Governor Ademola Adeleke had sent emissaries to the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

But the PDP in a statement by its Caretaker Chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle on Friday stressed that the rumour is a failed distraction agenda.

While alleging that it emanated from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akindele called on the voters in the state to troop out en masse on March 11 and vote for PDP candidates in the House of Assembly election.

Part of the statement reads, “Let me urge the public to discard the rumour of defection. There is no reason for it, especially given the impressive victory he led the PDP to just a few days ago at the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Osun State.

“Osun APC is badly decimated and is struggling to even find its feet. Governor Adeleke has within 100 days proved that good governance is possible, hence the massive goodwill the PDP currently enjoys across the state. So voters should ignore the lies from the pit of hell. Governor Adeleke remains a PDP leader and Governor”, the statement posited.

Akindele added that Governor Adeleke remained committed to the PDP.

Proof of his commitment he stated was evidently demonstrated in the overwhelming votes garnered by the party during the February 25, 2023, Presidential and National Assembly elections.

“The PDP will repeat the same feat on March 11th by clearing all the twenty-six assembly seats in the state,” he concluded.