The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said the crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party at the national level may eventually lead to the collapse of the party.
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Kola Olabisi, and obtained in Osogbo, on Sunday, the APC urged residents of Osun to continue keeping the PDP at arm’s length, noting that the internal wrangling within the party was evidence that its handlers had nothing positive or tangible to offer the people of the state.
But responding, the PDP said the Osun APC was fast losing both its voice and relevance in the state’s political space, describing the opposition’s comments as “a lazy attempt to distract attention from the internal rot, disunity, and total leadership collapse bedevilling it.”
The APC, however, insisted that the ongoing situation in the PDP — “where there have been suspensions and counter-suspensions involving principal members of its National Working Committee” — was proof that things had fallen apart in the ruling party.
The statement further read, “It was either because the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, had a foreboding or an advanced knowledge of what would befall the party that prompted him to rush his filing of the questionable governorship screening form for nomination for his re-election bid at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
“The same scenario was replicated in Ekiti State, where one of the two PDP governorship aspirants stepped down for the other to emerge as the candidate.”
The opposition further said it had been vindicated by the “unsavoury plight” of the PDP, from the national level down to the wards, where internal crises had continued to ravage the party.
Commenting further, the APC urged its supporters to exercise caution when aligning with political parties, saying the PDP, which could not successfully manage its own affairs, should not be trusted with the governance of Osun State and its people.
“With the turn of events at the PDP’s national headquarters, it is fair to conclude that the Adeleke screening document, presented with fanfare last Wednesday in Abuja as the sole governorship candidate of the PDP in Osun, is no better than a waste paper.
“It is safe to say that the PDP has since left the Intensive Care Unit and is now slated for its final burial soon,” the statement added.
Reacting in a statement signed by the Osun PDP Director of Media, Mr Oladele Bamiji, the party said it remained “united, solid, and focused on delivering the dividends of democracy under the purposeful leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke,” adding that “no amount of falsehood or mischievous propaganda from a frustrated opposition can shake that foundation.”
The PDP’s statement further read, “We understand the dilemma of the APC, whose only strategy for 2026 is to pray that Governor Ademola Adeleke is disqualified from contesting. Such barren prayers have long been rejected by both God and the good people of Osun State. If the APC truly believes it has anything resembling a fight, it should prepare for the ballot and stop clutching at imaginary crises in the PDP.
“The lazy gangsters parading themselves as APC leaders in Osun are only trying to polish their inevitable downfall by hoping to be spoon-fed into power through some sponsored misunderstanding at the national level of our great party. Unfortunately for them, Osun people have moved on from the era of deceit, oppression, and political pickpocketing that defined the APC’s reign.”
The PDP also advised the Osun APC to put its house in order before pontificating on its affairs, alleging that the “serial failures at all levels of governance — from the national disgrace of Nigeria’s collapsing economy to their disorganised state chapter — are enough testimony that the APC represents everything backwards and chaotic.”
It added that Adeleke’s ongoing nomination process was in perfect order, guided by law and backed by overwhelming popular mandate, stressing that “no amount of wishful thinking or social media restlessness can change that fact.”
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