By John Dike, Osogbo
The All Progressives Congress in Osun State says that the defection of Governor Ademola Adeleke to the Accord Party would not save him from defeat at the coming governorship election.
It took a swipe at the governor on Tuesday for ditching the ruling party in the state until recently, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
APC, in a statement by its state chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, dismissed Adeleke’s move as “good riddance to bad rubbish,” insisting that joining a new party would not alter what it described as the governor’s inevitable electoral defeat in 2026.
Adeleke, who formally left the PDP about a week ago amid internal wrangling within that party, made his switch official at a ceremony held at the Government House, Okefia, Osogbo.
The APC said that the governor’s defection exposed his alleged “selfishness, instability, and disloyalty,” particularly to the PDP members and public officials who rose to power on the same platform.
Mocking the governor, APC said, “A responsible leader does not abandon his party in times of crisis,
“He confronts challenges and works to resolve them. Governor Adeleke chose the opposite.”
The party further claimed that Adeleke’s move to Accord was not driven by genuine political conviction but by desperation, alleging that he had faced rejection from multiple political parties before settling for Accord.
“If Adeleke’s administration was truly a success, why were the political parties he lobbied unwilling to accept him?” the APC queried.
It went on to mock the Accord Party’s national relevance, noting that it currently has no governor with its little influence.
According to the APC, this makes it even easier for the opposition to “send him packing back to his base at Atlanta, Georgia, USA” after the next governorship election.
The party insisted that Adeleke’s re-election chances were already doomed, stating that his three-year performance had failed to meet Osun’s developmental needs.
It said citizens at home and abroad were eagerly awaiting his exit from office in November 2026.
The APC also referenced earlier remarks by the state PDP chairman, Sunday Bisi, who had repeatedly placed curses on former PDP members who defected long before Adeleke.
The opposition now questions how those declarations apply in light of the governor’s own exit.
The APC likened Adeleke’s political struggles to the controversial Okefia Flyover, describing the project, one of the governor’s flagship achievements, as “poorly constructed and problematic.”
