Osun APC Mocks Adeleke Over Defection To Accord Party, Says Move Won’t Save Him From Defeat

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has taken a swipe at Governor Ademola Adeleke over his recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Accord Party, describing the move as “a good riddance to bad rubbish.”

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Osun State APC chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, said the governor’s defection was a sign of desperation and political failure, insisting that it would not save him from “imminent defeat” in next year’s governorship election.

“It would be recalled that the embattled Governor Adeleke, who quit the membership of the PDP about a week ago, announced his defection into the Accord Party with fanfare at the Government House, Okefia, Osogbo, the state capital,” the statement read.

Lawal said Adeleke’s exit from the PDP showed selfishness and a lack of leadership, arguing that rather than work to resolve the crisis within his former party, the governor chose to abandon it “for personal goals alone.”

“A good leader and grateful beneficiary of the favour of the party would have confronted the crises head-on and found a lasting solution to the problems,” Lawal stated. “We regard the Adeleke movement not as a defection in the real sense of it but a mere decoy to exit from politics prematurely, having been rejected by so many other political parties.”

The APC chairman mocked Adeleke for allegedly lobbying other parties before settling for Accord, claiming that his rejection by “major political parties” was proof of his unpopularity.

“If Adeleke’s administration and political approach are such a reason for pride, would he have been shamefully rejected by those political parties he earlier begged to accept him?” Lawal queried.

Describing the Accord Party as “a party with no single governor or recognition in the land,” Lawal boasted that Adeleke’s defection had made the APC’s job easier ahead of the 2026 governorship election.

“We, as a party, are happy with the defection of the governor to his new party as the development makes it easier for us to send him packing to Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, through the forthcoming governorship election,” he said.

Lawal further accused the governor of “misgovernance” and “childish administration,” alleging that Adeleke’s policies had stalled the development of the state.

“Our assessment of Governor Adeleke for the past three years has shown that his best is not suitable or beneficial for the required developmental strides needed to optimally grow the state in all ramifications,” he added.

The Osun APC chairman predicted that Adeleke’s political downfall was inevitable, saying both residents at home and in the diaspora “shall be happy to see his back out of the Bola Ige House, Abere, in November next year.”

He concluded by ridiculing Adeleke’s much-publicised infrastructure projects, comparing them unfavourably to his political struggles.

“It requires a person with hindsight to observe and conclude that the political challenges currently being faced by Governor Adeleke and his co-travellers are more than the seemingly intractable, problematic, and poorly constructed Okefia Flyover being flaunted by the embattled governor as one of his legacy projects,” Lawal said.

The statement came a day after Governor Adeleke formally announced his defection to the Accord Party, ending weeks of speculation about his political future following internal wrangling in the PDP at the national level.