2026: Adeleke Resolves Crisis Within PDP In Ife

Ahead of the 2026 governorship election, Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has resolved the recent crisis rocking the Ife Federal constituency of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He charged the stakeholders to beware of agents of division engineered by the opposition.

A statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, said a high-powered reconciliation meeting made up of the deputy governor, Prince Kola Adewusi; deputy Senate Minority leader, Senator Lere Oyewumi; State Chairman of the party, Hon Sunday Bisi; and secretary to the state government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye, among others, waded into the crisis and resolved the feud to give room for the party’s victory next year.

Rounding off the meeting, Governor Adele described the recent disagreement as a product of a communication gap and the deliberate efforts of some external forces to sow seeds of discord within the party, commending the leaders for their openness and brotherhood.

“Throughout this meeting today, I saw the Ile Ife PDP united. I listen to all the leaders here and clearly know a communication gap among the leaders. There is also a strong sign of an outsider plot to divide the Ife PDP.

“Now that we have seen the roots of the matter, I charge us to get back to work. Our administration has done much for Ifeland and will still do more.

“Ile Ife is a PDP territory. Go back and sustain the tempo. I commend the elders and leaders, the senatorial leader, the local party chairmen, the elected party chairmen, party chiefs and operatives. Go back and continue working for the party’s victory,” the Governor told the party chiefs.

Earlier, the party chairman, Hon Sunday Bisi, described the incident leading to a vote of no confidence as a family affair, adding that “all parties have demonstrated true love for the party.

“We are glad that all issues have been ironed out. This meeting resolves that all statutory meetings for party mobilisation should reconvene and all party members and leaders should decisively frown at any act capable of misinterpretation as anti-party activity”, the party chairman told the meeting.