By Newspot Nigeria Politics Desk
Osogbo– The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a bold declaration that Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke will triumph over any opposition candidate in the upcoming 2026 governorship election, asserting that the people of Osun have tasted genuine progress and will not return to what it described as “a past riddled with failure and arrogance.”
In a strongly worded press statement signed by the party’s Director of Media and Publicity, Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji (HOB), and made available to Newspot Nigeria, the PDP dismissed the growing list of All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants as “ego shoppers” with no credible agenda for the state.
The party accused the APC of attempting to recycle “perennial losers” and “characters smeared with audacious criminality” into public office, describing the move as a mockery of the electorate’s intelligence. “It is laughable watching men who once contributed to the misery of our people suddenly re-emerge with hastily assembled declarations, parading themselves as emergency redeemers,” the statement said.
The PDP further challenged APC aspirants to explain why they’re desperate to return to power, questioning if it was to revisit files of unpaid salaries, neglected pensioners, or the dashed hopes of Osun’s civil servants. The party emphasized that Adeleke’s administration has distinguished itself with consistent salary and pension payments, massive infrastructure renewal, investment in health and education, and youth empowerment.
Hezekiah Bamiji noted that under Governor Adeleke’s leadership, Osun State has earned praise for its transparent fiscal management and compassionate governance. He criticized the opposition’s “desperate PR tactics,” insisting that “insulting blabbings against a working governor” will not sway the people.
Mocking what it called “federal name-dropping” by APC hopefuls, the PDP reminded voters of the hardship suffered during the previous administration. “The people of Osun have seen the difference between pain and progress. They will not allow a reversal,” Bamiji stated.
The statement concluded with a confident affirmation: “We shall meet at the ballot. And when we do, we trust the people of Osun to stand firm against regression and continue on this bold path of progress and renewal. The game is set, and the outcome is obvious.”
The full press statement by the Osun PDP is reproduced below as released to Newspot Nigeria:
Press Statement
7th August, 2025
Adeleke Will Beat Any Opposition Candidate in 2026 — Osun PDP
…Says APC Aspirants Are Ego Shoppers With No Tangible Agenda
Osogbo —osunpdp.com
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the 2026 governorship election will be a walk in the park for the incumbent, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, regardless of whoever the opposition fields as candidate.
This position was made known in a statement signed by the party’s Director of Media, Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji (HOB), in reaction to the flurry of aspirants springing up within the ranks of the opposition, especially the All Progressives Congress (APC), all eyeing the governorship seat.
While the PDP welcomes all contenders to the democratic arena, the party insists that Osun State is not a political rehabilitation center for perennial losers and ego-driven merchants, whose ambition is rooted more in personal aggrandizement than in genuine service to the people.
“It is laughable watching men who once contributed to the misery of our people suddenly re-emerge with hastily assembled declarations, parading themselves as emergency redeemers,” the statement reads.
“We challenge these aspirants to tell the people of Osun State what exactly they forgot in Abere government secretariat that they are so desperate to recover. Is it the files of unpaid salaries, abandoned pensioners, or the stolen hopes of our teachers and local government workers?”
The party noted that any candidate coming from the APC would have an uphill task explaining to the people of Osun why the PDP administration led by Governor Adeleke, whose scorecard is replete with people-centered achievements should be traded for a past riddled with failure, deception, and unbridled arrogance.
“Such aspirants must be ready to face pensioners and explain why their tears never mattered when APC was in power. They must answer to local government workers whose allocations were brazenly pegged under their supervision and still being withheld by the APC-led federal government today,” the PDP Media Director stated.
“Let it be known: it will take more than recycled propaganda and federal name-dropping to unseat Governor Adeleke. The people of Osun are not fools. They have seen the difference between pain and progress, between arrogant rulers and compassionate leadership. They will not allow a reversal.”
The party highlighted some of the governor’s key achievements, including; regular payment of salaries and pensions with inherited backlogs being cleared systematically as promised by His Excellency, massive infrastructural renewal across all zones of the state, unprecedented investment in health and education, youth-focused empowerment initiatives and job creation, deliberate care for the aged, especially those who have served the state in the public service, prudent and transparent fiscal regime that has earned the state commendations at national and international levels, and many more.
The statement further mocked the opposition’s desperate PR tactics, noting that “insulting blabbings against a working governor” cannot translate to credibility or popularity. “Osun people don’t vote deceptive noise anymore, they vote visible results,” HOB quipped.
Addressing the controversial past of some of the aspirants, the party added: “We are also watching some characters, recently smeared with allegations of audacious criminality, now attempting to clean up their image just in time for an election. The same APC that declared them criminals and unfit yesterday now wants to parade them as tomorrow’s hope? The people of Osun will not fall for such double-speak.”
“In a state where APC once institutionalised hardship, from unpaid workers to vandalised institutions, we urge their aspirants to come clean on whether pain is still their official ideology or whether they’ve found a new bottle for the same old wine of affliction,” the PDP declared.
In conclusion, the Osun PDP affirms its readiness to face the electorate once again with boldness, basking in the exemplary performance of Governor Adeleke, to renew the mandate of good governance and a solid footing for the generations yet unborn.
“We shall meet at the ballot. And when we do, we trust the people of Osun to stand firm against regression and continue on this bold path of progress and renewal. The game is set, and the outcome is obvious.”
Signed:
Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji
Osun PDP Director of Media and Publicity
07/08/2025
— Reported by Newspot Nigeria Politics Desk
