(BREAKING) Adebayo emerges PDP gov candidate in Adeleke’s absence

Adebayo Adedamola on Tuesday emerged because the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Osun 2026 election.

Adedamola polled 919 votes out of 957 solid within the major held in Osogbo, the state capital.

The chairman of the first, Humphrey Abba, introduced the outcome, stating, ”Void votes 20. We advised you earlier that one of many aspirants withdrew.

“The candidate that obtained the remaining votes is Adebayo Adedamola with 919 votes and stands elected and returned.”

PidomNigeria On-line had earlier reported that regardless of asserting his resignation from the celebration, the identify of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke appeared on the poll paper for the PDP governorship major.

The Secretary of the Committee in command of the first, Sunday Solarin, had introduced the beginning of voting shortly after accreditation of delegates ended round 11:35 a.m.

Solarin mentioned Adeleke and Adebayo Adedamola had been the 2 aspirants searching for the celebration’s ticket, including that Adeleke had already resigned from the celebration.

He additional defined that votes solid for Adeleke would “ultimately quantity to waste,” urging delegates to observe directions through the voting course of.

Representatives of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, and a committee led by Humphrey Abba from the PDP nationwide headquarters had been current on the venue.

There was additionally a heavy safety presence, with operatives from the Division of State Safety, the police, and the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps stationed on the entrance and exit.

The chairman of the first committee introduced the graduation of proceedings at precisely 11:07 a.m., as delegates checked their names earlier than voting.

Earlier, Adeleke had introduced his resignation from the PDP.

His resignation letter, dated November 4, 2025, was addressed to PDP Ward 2 Chairman Sagba Abogunde of Ede North Native Authorities. A duplicate was obtained by PidomNigeria On-line within the early hours of Tuesday.

The letter partly learn, ”As a result of present disaster inside the nationwide management of the Individuals’s Democratic Party (PDP), I hereby resign my membership of the PDP with speedy impact.

“I thank the Individuals’s Democratic Party for the alternatives given to me for my elections as a Senator (Represented Osun West) and as Governor of Osun State beneath the Individuals’s Democratic Party.”

The governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, confirmed the event.

In a latest PidomNigeria On-line report, it was said that the PDP management in Osun State mentioned Adeleke could not be serious about searching for the celebration’s nomination for the 2026 governorship election.

Nonetheless, his choice may change if the crises inside the celebration are resolved, recognised by INEC, and concluded inside the Fee’s timeline for the Osun ballot.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Monday, Osun PDP Chairman Sunday Bisi mentioned the continued crises had made it unattainable to conduct the governorship major as earlier scheduled for December 2.

In line with the timetable launched by INEC detailing actions in direction of the August 8, 2026 Osun governorship ballot, events fielding candidates have till December 15 to submit the names of their flagbearers.