Osun Executive Council Dismisses Defection Rumour, Says ‘Neither We Nor Adeleke Is leaving PDP’
In one voice, the members of the Osun State Executive Council have expressed their total solidarity and unwavering support to the Governor of Osun State and leader of the state Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, vowing not to abandon him ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial poll.
The cabinet members including Commissioners and Special Advisers also declared their readiness to stand solidly “like a rock of Gibraltar” behind Governor Adeleke “in his undying quests to take Osun to greater heights.”
While also pledging their unalloyed loyalty to the ruling party in the state,the PDP, under the leadership of Sunday Bisi, the Osun Executive members denied plan to switch allegiance to another party.
They emphasised that “no amount of the usual political shenanigans by the opposition party members will be enough to derail the good intention of the Governor for the people as exemplified by Senator Adeleke.”
The Executive members who addressed a press conference in Osogbo on Monday to dismissed the speculation of defection to another political party, included Abdul Ganiyu Ola-Oluwa, Commissioner, Rural Development; Adekunle Akindele, Special Adviser on Public Health; B.T. Salami, Commissioner, Special Duties and Regional Integration; Kolapo Alimi, Commissioner, Information and Public Enlightenment; and Oluwole Jimi Bada, Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice.
Others are Biyi Odunlade, Commissioner, Political Affairs and Inter Governmental Relations, Jola Akintola, Commissioner for Health; Ibitoye Alabi, Commissioner for Lands and Physical Planning, Sesan Oyedele, Commissioner for Transport.
The Executives also include: Bunmi Jenyo, Commissioner for Commerce and Industry; Olagunju Olalekan, Commissioner for Youth Affairs; Abiodun Ojo, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism; Aderibigbe Kayode Rasheed, Commissioner for Home Affairs; Dosu Babatunde, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; Festus Adeyemo, Commissioner for Energy; Moruf Ayofe, Commissioner for Innovation, Science, Tech and Digital Economy; Adenike Adeleke, Commissioner for Federal Affairs; Sunday Oroniyi, Commissioner for Water Resources; Soji Ajeigbe; Commissioner for Govt.House Affairs and Protocol; Ayobola Awolowo, Commissioner for Women Affairs,Children and Social Welfare; Olusola Ogungbile, Commissioner for Finance; Tola Faseru, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security; as well as Ademola Adeleke, Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development.
While Sunday Dipo Oluwole, Commissioner for Education; Mayowa Adejoorin, Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation; Adebayo Ogungbangbe, Commissioner for Co-operatives & Empowerment; Olawale Rasheed Spokesperson/Special Adviser to the Gov.on Media; Eniola Fakeye, Special Adviser on OSEMA/ Federal Capital Territory; Bamikole Omisore, Special Adviser on Sustainable Development Goals; Ropo Oyewole, Special Adviser on Legislative Matters; Azeez Badmus, Special Adviser on ICT; Mojisola Omisore, Special Adviser on RAAMP; S.O.Ojo, Special Adviser on Security Matters; Ajisafe Toyese, Special Adviser on Tax Matters and Yakubu Adejare, Special Adviser on Transportation are also inclusive.
Reading the text of the press briefing on behalf of the Forum of Commissioners and Forum of SAs, Dosu Babatunde, Secretary of the Commissioners’ Forum asked the people of the state to disregard the insinuation that they are ditching the governor and the PDP for another political party ahead of the 2026 governorship election.
“Your Excellency, Mr Governor, we are using this opportunity to further affirm and reaffirm our love and unshakable solidarity to you and your administration in Osun state.
“We read and heard with great consternation the many insinuations being mischievously bandied about in certain political quarters, particularly the opposition parties about the looming mass defection of the Executive Council members from the ruling PDP to another political party”
“This is not only a political fallacy taken to the extreme but a careless and unguarded insinuation by the usual disgruntled members of the opposition party in the state.
“To this end, we are using this opportunity to state and reaffirm, again and again, that no amount of political gerrymandering as being currently hatched by the opposition party members in the state will make us be a party to destroying a house (PDP) which we fought tooth and nail to build.
“Come 2026, the entire people of Osun state will reenact the feat of getting Your Excellency, Senator Ademola Adeleke returned as Governor of our dear state,” they stated.
Fielding questions from one of the journalists, Babatunde also debunked speculation that Governor Adeleke is planning to defect to APC.
“That is a rumour from the pit of hell. The governor (Ademola Adeleke) is a PDP governor and he is doing very well. He is not moving to any political party. He will not move. We are members of the executive council and we are close to him. He is going to continue his developmental strides in PDP,” Babatunde declared.