{"id":36319,"date":"2025-12-02T00:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ideemlawful.com\/?p=36319"},"modified":"2025-12-02T06:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T06:09:46","slug":"osun-governor-adeleke-resigns-from-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/osun-governor-adeleke-resigns-from-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Osun Governor Adeleke Resigns From PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has officially withdrawn from the Peoples Democratic Party, pointing to the prolonged leadership dispute within the party at the national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement posted on his Instagram page late Monday night, Adeleke confirmed that he submitted his resignation to party leaders in Sagba Abogunde, Ward 2, Ede North Local Government, on November 4, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, \u201cDue to the ongoing crisis within the leadership of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (#OfficialPDPNig) at the national level, I officially conveyed my resignation letter as a member to the party leadership in Sagba Abogunde, Ward 2, Ede North Local Government on November 4, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ideemlawful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1001672-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"1001672\" class=\"wp-image-36324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/1001672-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/1001672-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/1001672-585x823.jpg 585w, https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/1001672.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thank the party and its many members and supporters for the opportunities they have provided me, first as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and now as Governor of Osun State.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier statements from the PDP in the state had suggested that Adeleke was unlikely to pursue the party\u2019s ticket for the 2026 governorship election unless the internal turmoil was settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party leadership had expressed optimism that a resolution recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission could change the governor\u2019s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This platform previously reported that the PDP hierarchy in Osun indicated that Governor Adeleke might no longer be interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideemlawful.com\/adeleke-backs-out-of-pdp-second-term-bid\/\">contesting the 2026 governorship<\/a> race on the party\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the party noted that Adeleke\u2019s stance could shift if the crisis affecting the PDP is resolved and acknowledged by INEC within the stipulated electoral timeline for the Osun governorship poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While blaming the party, Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke resigns from the PDP. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[501,2197],"tags":[1324,2168,492],"class_list":["post-36319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-politics","tag-ademola-adeleke","tag-osun-state-government","tag-pdp","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36325,"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36319\/revisions\/36325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideemlawful.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}