Osun APC Rejected Gov Adeleke’s Plan To Join Party — Chieftain

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Jamiu Olawumi, has said that the leadership of the party rebuffed efforts by Governor Ademola Adeleke to defect to the APC.

Olawumi, who appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, alleged that the governor had lobbied to join the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), through which he won the 2022 governorship election.

“The reasons for our rebuffing them are the results of our findings — civil servants who were being made second-class citizens against their counterparts from Ede were all pleading that we should not allow Governor Adeleke to come to the APC.

“So, the communiqué of the PDP in Osun State, given 72 hours ago, confirms our position that he was lobbying to be part of the APC,” the chieftain said.

He also said that the governor could not be the leader of the APC in Osun if he defected, adding that the leader of the party is Chief Bisi Akande.

Olawumi stated, “Even if you look at the social media across Osun, there are multiple reasons that are pointers to the fact that he wanted to defect to the APC. If he comes to the APC, he cannot be a leader to Chief Adebisi Akande, of course.

“So, nobody is talking about when he comes to the APC, he will not be our leader. Leader of whom? In the PDP, a governor might be the party leader; in the APC, it might not be the same,” he said.