- To announce new party today
By John Dike, Osogbo
At last, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, has formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the platform on which he was elected in 2022.
Before then, he had been elected a senator also under the PDP banner.
This latest development brings to an end months of speculation about Adeleke’s political future ahead of the August 8, 2026 governorship election.
The governor who will be seeking reelection for his second term in the coming election, has been uncertain of which platform to contest the poll, in view of the crisis rocking the PDP at the national level.
Only on Sunday, Osun State’s chapter of the party announced the cancellation of its scheduled primary to pick its governorship candidate for the coming election, citing inability to hold congresses that would have produced delegates for the botched primary.
In recent months, rumours had circulated widely that the governor was considering decamping to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the leading opposition party in the state, which controls the Federal Government.
He was reportedly rebuffed by that party whose chieftains are said to be opposed to welcoming him.
He later reportedly considered moving over to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Also, this move did not sail through.
In his resignation letter dated November 4, 2025, and addressed to the PDP chairman in Sagbe Abogunde, Ward 2, Ede, copies of which were made available to newsmen on Monday night, Governor Adeleke cited persistent leadership crises within the party—particularly at the national level—as the reason for his departure.
He described the situation as untenable and ended the letter with the biblical phrase, “To your tents, O Israel!”
Sources close to the governor told our correspondent that Adeleke is expected to announce his new political party today, Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
According to insiders, Accord Party is currently viewed as the most likely platform for his next political move, though the governor has yet to make any official declaration.
It was further gathered that despite Adeleke being the only aspirant who obtained the PDP nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2026 governorship race, one of the factions within the crisis-ridden party may still conduct a parallel primary election in Osun State today.
Meanwhile, the governor’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, confirmed in a statement last night that Governor Adeleke had indeed resigned his membership of the PDP as far back as November 4, 2025. According to him, the resignation letter was formally addressed to the PDP chairman for Ward 2, Sagba Abogunde, Ede North Local Government, Osun State.
The letter reads in part:
“Due to the current crisis within the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), I hereby resign my membership of the PDP with immediate effect.
“I thank the People’s Democratic Party for the opportunities given to me for my elections as a Senator (representing Osun West) and as Governor of Osun State under the People’s Democratic Party.”
The letter was personally signed by the governor.
