Amid the escalating disaster throughout the Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP, on the nationwide stage, following the suspension and counter-suspension of key members of its Nationwide Working Committee, NWC, the Osun State chapters of the PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have clashed over the potential influence of the turmoil ahead of the August 8, 2026, governorship election within the state.
The Osun PDP, by means of its Director of Media and Publicity, Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji, maintained that the celebration stays sturdy and united regardless of the challenges confronting its nationwide management.
The APC, in a separate assertion issued by its Director of Media and Data, Kola Olabisi, asserted that the latest developments are clear proof that the PDP has fully collapsed.
DAILY POST experiences that in a latest assembly in Abuja, the PDP’s NWC introduced the suspension of a number of high officers, together with the Nationwide Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; the Nationwide Organising Secretary, Umar Bature; and the Nationwide Authorized Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, amongst others.
In response, a faction of the celebration loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, retaliated by suspending the Performing Nationwide Chairman, Umar Damagum, and 5 different members of the NWC.
Addressing the state of affairs, the Osun PDP dismissed claims by the APC that it had halted all conferences on the state and native authorities ranges, describing such assertions as “a mere fabrication.”
“We stay united, stable, and centered on delivering the dividends of democracy beneath the purposeful management of Governor Ademola Adeleke,” Bamiji stated.
He added, “No quantity of falsehood or mischievous propaganda from a pissed off opposition can shake our basis. We perceive the predicament of the APC, whose solely hope for 2026 is to wish that Governor Adeleke is disqualified from contesting.
“Such barren prayers have been rejected by each God and the folks of Osun State. If the APC really believes it has the capability to compete, it ought to put together for the poll slightly than dwell on imaginary crises throughout the PDP.
“The determined political actors parading themselves as APC leaders in Osun are merely trying to beautify their looming failure by wishing for nationwide disarray in our nice celebration.”
In a swift response, APC spokesperson Kola Olabisi insisted that the unfolding disaster throughout the PDP has vindicated the opposition’s earlier place that the ruling celebration in Osun is stricken by deep inside division and mismanagement.
He acknowledged, “We urge our loyal supporters to be discerning of their political decisions. It’s now evident {that a} celebration that can’t efficiently handle its inside affairs shouldn’t be entrusted with governing over 5 million folks in Osun State.
“With the present developments on the PDP nationwide secretariat, it’s clear that the screening doc introduced final week in Abuja for Governor Ademola Adeleke’s candidacy was nothing greater than a nugatory piece of paper.
“The PDP has not solely moved out of the Intensive Care Unit however is quick approaching its political burial.”
