What They Are Saying About Gov Adeleke And APC
As talks of imminent defection of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have continued to gain traction, those who are familiar with the development maintain the big announcement will happen in a couple of days from now.
“It’s a done deal, he has consulted those that matter in the scheme of things and has also made up his mind… And from what I understand he’s not going to rescind that decision”, an insider told highstreet.ng.
“He will dump the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and join the APC very soon”, the insider added as a matter of fact.
Interestingly, Adeleke has no contender for the gubernatorial ticket of the PDP.
Another governorship election in Osun State holds in 2026.
The soon-to-be development is a sequel to the deal the governor struck with President Tinubu when he visited his Lagos home in the evening of Tuesday, June 2, 2025, highstreet.ng understands.
Adeleke had, in the company of his elder brother and billionaire businessman, Deji Adeleke and afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, met with the president and reportedly fine tuned certain political arrangements as regards the now approaching declaration for the APC.
Popular House of Representatives member, Oluwole Oke, pointing out implications and political lessons of such a move confirmed Mr Adeleke’s soon-to-happen defection in a post on his Facebook handle today, July 10, 2025.
Wole Oke – representing Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency in the green chamber of the National Assembly – who fell out with Governor Adeleke following irreconcilable differences, officially resigned his membership of PDP on April 16, 2025, and immediately moved to the APC.
“It will happen sooner than later, Adeleke will make the big announcement… Don’t take seriously the statement issued earlier by his media aide… He (Governor Adeleke) will be defecting with all state and federal lawmakers and other political office holders in the state.” a source with unhindered access to the corridor of power in the state insisted.
