PDP to hold Governorship primary today after Adeleke’s exit

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is moving ahead with its governorship primary today, barely 12 hours after Governor Ademola Adeleke exited the party and the Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi, announced that the exercise would no longer hold. Bisi had earlier said the suspension and counter-suspension of key national officers—who play statutory roles in organising congresses, primaries, and submitting candidates to INEC—had thrown the process into disarray.

A letter allegedly signed by Governor Adeleke later surfaced online, dated November 4, 2025, in which he cited the crisis within the PDP’s national leadership as his reason for resigning. Despite this, the PDP national secretariat, through its National Organising Secretary, Hon. Theophilus Shan, confirmed in a letter dated December 1, 2025, that the primary would proceed as scheduled.

The party stated that following the successful congresses to elect ad-hoc and national delegates in Osun State, the primary to select its 2026 governorship candidate would hold on December 2, 2025, at Atlantis Multipurpose Hall, Osogbo, by 10 a.m.

However, a top security source revealed that threats from some state party leaders may force a change of venue, as the owners of the hall were warned not to allow the primary to hold there. A party insider, who requested anonymity, said the primary will still take place, though the new venue has not been disclosed, adding that security for delegates is assured.

One of the organisers, identified as Abiodun, also confirmed that despite threats from the state chapter, the primary will proceed. Attempts to reach the State Chairman, Sunday Bisi, were unsuccessful as his phone remained unreachable.

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