Adeleke was a sufferer of circumstance – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has attributed Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke’s exit from the social gathering to inside crises that the management did not resolve, describing him as “a sufferer of circumstance.”

PDP Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, talking on Channels Tv’s The Morning Temporary on Thursday, mentioned the state of affairs that led to Adeleke’s defection resulted from issues the social gathering allowed to develop unchecked.

The PDP spokesman said that Adeleke’s defection was avoidable as a result of “each downside is human-caused and due to this fact ought to have a human answer.”

Ememobong insisted that well timed and decisive intervention by the social gathering management may have prevented the tensions that ultimately pushed the governor out.

“On the degree of management to which he belonged within the social gathering, the social gathering should have acted decisively,” he mentioned.

He described the PDP’s inside troubles as self-inflicted and warned that political conflicts worsen when ignored.

“The problem is that instantly we start to feed the monster with out realizing we’ll find yourself within the stomach of the monster, after some time, we develop into victims.

“If we feed animals to the monster, and we predict time will remedy issues, time permits human beings to unravel issues. It doesn’t remedy issues by itself,” he mentioned.

Ememobong added that the cracks throughout the social gathering turned seen in 2023 and will have been addressed with “robust motion.” As a substitute, he mentioned, the management selected negotiations, hoping tempers would cool.

“You additionally can not totally blame them,” he mentioned, “as a result of generally they suppose that with negotiations, when passions are calm, individuals may rethink their place, however sadly, it didn’t.”

He traced the foremost set off of the social gathering’s breakdown to the controversial PDP conference in Ibadan, which noticed the expulsion of key members, the emergence of recent nationwide officers, and deepening inside hostilities. Based on him, Adeleke’s exit was tied to “circumstances arising from vicarious liabilities which he can not fully extricate himself from.”

PidomNigeria On-line reported that Adeleke formally resigned from the PDP—a celebration underneath which he rose to prominence as senator and later as governor.

He introduced his resignation in a put up on his official X deal with on December 2, attaching a letter dated November 4, 2025.

The letter, addressed to the PDP Chairman of Ward 2, Sagba Abogunde, in Ede North, said: “Because of the present disaster of the nationwide management of the PDP, I hereby resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party with quick impact.”

Adeleke’s exit was adopted by affirmation, in a press release issued on Tuesday by his spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, that he had joined the Accord Party.

The governor revealed he had registered with the social gathering on November 6, 2025—weeks earlier than his public resignation—and would contest his second-term bid on its platform in August 2026.

He defined that the transfer got here after in depth consultations with political stakeholders and opinion leaders, noting that he selected the Accord Party as a result of its mission of welfarism aligns along with his dedication to residents’ and staff’ welfare.

On Wednesday, the governor emerged because the Accord Party’s candidate for the August 8, 2026, governorship election.

Adeleke, the one aspirant within the major held in Osogbo, polled 145 votes out of 150 forged by delegates drawn from the state’s 30 native authorities areas.

Saying the results of the first, the Secretary of the electoral committee, Abdulazeez Salaudeen, mentioned 5 votes have been voided.