Osun APC accuses Adeleke of stifling opposition, company refutes claims

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, of intentionally stifling the opposition.

The APC mentioned Adeleke was not giving opposition a free hand to function by its creation of a non-level taking part in floor for the marketing campaign actions in respect of the following 12 months’s governorship election within the state.

In an announcement launched by the social gathering’s spokesman, Kola Olabisi, obtained in Osogbo on Friday, APC mentioned Adeleke and his cohorts “are desperately on the lookout for methods to carry down the arms of the APC governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, within the contest by misusing his energy of incumbency.

“What may have knowledgeable the Draconian and sadistic directive of the Osun State Authorities underneath the management of Mr Adeleke to have  directed O’Signage Company to not approve the erection or pasting  of any APC billboard in Osogbo?”

The opposition social gathering mentioned it reliably gathered that “The Osun State Authorities particularly instructed that no APC billboards ought to be displayed from Akoda to Osogbo Metropolis Stadium inside a selected time period between now and the interval of the election.”

Olabisi additional alleged that the state authorities has ordered O’ Signage Company to determine “the homeowners of the prevailing billboards throughout Osogbo and compensate them for a interval of three years per billboard.”

He queried why the Adeleke administration would resort to “such an illegal, unpopular, depraved, unsustainable and merciless method to politics and politicking if not the concern of his imminent defeat that’s staring the fast-fading administration of the hitherto Peoples Democratic Party PDP- led authorities that has jumped ship to the Accord social gathering?

“We need to implore those that are devising this undemocratic growth for Mr Adeleke to return to their drafting board, as this one has hit the rocks. Why is Mr Adeleke afraid to play the video games of politics in keeping with the foundations if certainly he’s common, as he’s making some individuals who cannot differentiate between reputation and notoriety imagine?”

However whereas reacting in an announcement, the Senior Particular Assistant to the Governor on O’Signage, Hoarding and Commercial Company, Wale Ayofe-Aminu, accused the APC of portraying routine regulatory actions as political persecution.

Describing the claims by the Osun APC as “baseless, hole and politically contrived, clearly designed to masks their rising unease over the unmistakable love and overwhelming assist the individuals of Osun State proceed to indicate for Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke.”

Ayofe-Aminu mentioned, “A celebration that presided over years of neglect, regulatory arbitrariness and administrative recklessness now instantly seeks refuge in feigned concern for legality and democracy. The sudden shedding of crocodile tears by the Osun APC is neither convincing nor redemptive; it’s merely a loud reminder of a celebration struggling to return to actuality with its rejection by the individuals.”

Insisting that the company was being guided by related legal guidelines, Ayofe-Aminu defined that “The Osun State Signage and Commercial Company operates strictly throughout the confines of the legislation. Laws governing billboards and outside ads are uniform, clear and non-discriminatory, making use of equally to all political events and stakeholders. There was no directive, express or implied, to victimise any social gathering or candidate. Any insinuation on the contrary is a calculated distortion of information.

“The reality the Osun APC finds uncomfortable is that this: Governor Adeleke’s people-oriented governance has earned him real grassroots affection, not manufactured reputation. Roads are being constructed, employees are being paid, communities are being touched, and governance has returned to the individuals. No quantity of press theatrics or alarmist propaganda can erase this actuality.”

He mentioned the APC’s outburst was much less about billboards and extra about panic within the face of an impending political reckoning, including that no quantity of noise, sufferer narratives or media dramatisation will save the opposition social gathering from defeat within the 2026 Governorship Election.

He urged the APC to deal with rebuilding credibility among the many individuals slightly than participating in futile makes an attempt to discredit lawful establishments.

“Osun persons are politically enlightened; they will clearly distinguish between governance and gimmicks. The Osun State Authorities, underneath the management of Governor Ademola Adeleke, stays dedicated to equity, rule of legislation and democratic rules, and no quantity of political agitation will derail that dedication,” he additional mentioned.

Osun APC and the state authorities have been buying and selling accusations on points bothering on the administration of public funds and safety.

PidomNigeria On-line experiences on November 11 that the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of mismanaging state sources.

The social gathering demanded an in depth account of funds acquired since his assumption of workplace in November 2022.

In an announcement signed by its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, in Osogbo, the state capital, on Tuesday, the opposition alleged that regardless of big federal allocations to the state, college students of Osun State University and the College of Ilesa, each owned by the state, had been nonetheless being compelled to pay what it described as “outrageous” tuition and lodging charges.

The APC claimed that the Adeleke administration acquired over ₦850 billion in allocations between November 2022 and September 2025, however had “little or nothing to indicate for it.”

Nonetheless, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, dismissed the allegations as “pretend information from a celebration set for one more defeat in 2026.”

Rasheed mentioned the opposition’s claims of ₦1 trillion allocation had been “a devilish fabrication and mischievous propaganda” geared toward discrediting a performing administration.

He famous that the federal government had prudently managed state sources and achieved main milestones in infrastructure, healthcare, schooling, sports activities, and welfare.