Keep off from Osun politics, PDP caucus tells Makinde

The Osun State Peoples Democratic Party caucus within the Home of Representatives has warned Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to “steer clear of Osun affairs.”

The caucus rejected what it described as unlawful governorship primaries that, on Tuesday, produced Adebayo Adedamola as PDP’s governorship candidate for 2026.

In a press release, signed by six members of the caucus on Wednesday, the lawmakers known as on Makinde to desist from actions “able to threatening the political stability of Osun State.”

Signed by Bamidele Salam, Mudashiru Alani, Akanni Ademola, Adewale Adebayo, Adetunji Olusoji and Oladebo Omoleye, the assertion condemned the purported primaries as being orchestrated “with thugs and political jobbers” allegedly imported from Ibadan, Oyo State. Based on the caucus, this conduct portrays Makinde as “a treacherous character whose desperation for regional political affect has pushed him into untoward conduct.”

They stated, “It’s laughable that the Oyo State governor doesn’t perceive, or chooses to disregard, the truth that the PDP has laid down procedures for the conduct of primaries, which embody elections of ward ad-hoc delegates and nationwide delegates, with out which no legitimate primaries might be performed.

“Unequivocally reject the fraudulent conduct of a purported main,” warning that anybody parading themselves because the PDP’s candidate can be “tantamount to a felony impersonation and an try to impress the peaceable and law-abiding leaders and members of the PDP in Osun state.”

Additionally they chided Makinde for exporting “impunity, recklessness and sham to Osun State,” despite the fact that Osun already has “an honest sitting governor who carries everybody alongside in main decision-making.”

The lawmakers pledged to uphold the 1999 Structure (as amended) and counselled that anybody considering contesting the 2026 Osun governorship election should “play by the foundations.”

They additional urged the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee to ignore the purported main outcomes and to align with the PDP structure and tips.

The basis of the current mess stems from a deep inside management disaster on the nationwide stage of the PDP. Factions led by completely different energy blocs — together with a wing related to Governor Seyi Makinde (notably the faction led by Kabiru Turaki) are at odds with rival factions loyal to the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike. This wrestle has disrupted the conventional functioning of the celebration’s nationwide organs.

Because of this, key nationwide officers chargeable for organising congresses and primaries and transmitting candidate names to INEC have been suspended or counter-suspended. That institutional paralysis has made it unattainable for a lot of state chapters (together with Osun) to conduct official primaries.

On November 4, 2025, Governor Adeleke formally resigned from the PDP, blaming the choice on the continuing nationwide management disaster.