Tag: Ademola Adeleke

…2026 is going to be a walkover for Adeleke — Osun Govt. 

A socio-political group under the aegis of Osun Unity Forum within the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration, describing it as nepotistic and warning that his style of governance could lead to his ouster in the 2026 gubernatorial election.

The group has commenced grassroots mobilization of new voters, including youths and students, to rally support for the APC ahead of the election.

Speaking to journalists at the APC State Secretariat in Osogbo on Wednesday, the group’s Convener, Barrister Bimbo Amusan, accused Governor Adeleke of focusing development efforts solely on his hometown, neglecting other parts of the state in the process.

He said: “All the development by the administration of Adeleke is concentrated in Ede, we will just wake up one day to realise that the state capital has been moved from Osogbo to Ede. All these will cause people to revolt against his government.

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“Every four years, new people cross the voting age, we are going to focus on them for the support of our party. Donald Trump emerged as the President despite that he is old because he mobilised newcomer voters to vote for him. 

“We have people who are student union leaders, youths amongst other, we are catching newcomers. We are working assiduously to get many youths to our fold. These are the best type of people to give the right orientation on the type of political association they should keep or have. We are using approach of technocracy to help them understand that politics is beyond just jamboree, politics is and intellectual endeavor.”

Reacting to the group, Osun State Government through the Information Commissioner, Kolapo Alimi described the claims by the group as mischievous. 

He highlighted projects that are ongoing across the state by Adeleke. 

“2026 is going to be a walkover for Senator Ademola Adeleke because he is paying all the salaries owed by APC government and completing abandoned projects,” he said.

Osun State’s Governor Ademola Adeleke has urged Osun State indigenes resident in Ondo State to embark on an aggressive door-to-door campaign for the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Agboola Ajayi.

Adeleke spoke at an event in Akure where Osun indigenes endorsed Ajayi as their preferred candidate in the election.

The governor said Ajayi would replicate successes recorded in other PDP states in the Southwest region. He urged Osun indigenes resident in Ondo State not to be afraid to cast their votes and protect the votes.

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He said: “I am happy to talk to my people. There is so much suffering and hunger but the light has come in the person of Ajayi. I charge all of you to start campaigning for Ajayi. Good things have come to Ondo State. Work for the emergence of Ajayi.

“I am here to support Ajayi. I am telling my people to vote for Ajayi. You know what is going on in my five-point agenda. Retired Pensioners are getting paid and that is how it is going to happen in Ondo. Go from door to door and campaign about issues. PDP is a progressive party. Go out and vote. Stay with your vote. Do not be afraid.”

Ajayi said the way the people voted for the PDP in Osun ‘is how they will do in Ondo’.

The leadership and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Osun chapter have vowed to vote out Governor Ademola Adeleke in 2026. 

They hinged their decision on the fact that Adeleke sacked members from operating when he assumed office and replaced them with the Park Manager system. 

Osun Acting NURTW chairman, Alhaji Kazeem Oyewale, spoke during the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Owa Obokun palace hall, Ilesa on Thursday. 

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While addressing newsmen, he noted that NURTW is apolitical union amidst report that its ex-chair, Folorunso Salami joined a political party with members of the union. 

Oyewale said: “I feel compelled to address the recent reports concerning the former Osun NURTW Chairman, Chief Olalekan Folorunsho, who allegedly switched political affiliations and purportedly led union members to follow suit. It is imperative to clarify that NURTW is a non-partisan union that unites law-abiding citizens working in the road transport sector. 

“The Osun Council of NURTW has no involvement in the former Chairman’s political transition, and it is crucial to emphasize that our union remains apolitical.”

He added: “Those who are suffering in this government of Adeleke are many and our members are part of them because he sacked them when he assumed office in 2022. 

“There is no gainsaying, anybody who sees to sacking of people, one needs to work assiduously to ensure that he gets sacked. Our members are fully ready to ensure that we sack Adeleke while seeking re-election in 2026.”

•Adeleke: our decision hinged on possible collapse

There  was outrage yesterday over alleged plot by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to demolish  the N2.7 billion flyover built  by his predecessor,  Adegboyega Oyetola.

Former Commissioner of Works, Remi Omowaiye, who is executive director of Federal Housing Authority, former Local Government Commisioner, Adebayo Adeleke and others, alleged Adeleke  is set to pull down the bridge,.

 They addressed a news conference  at Tinubu/Shettima campaign office in Osogbo.

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Also, a socio-poitical group, Osun Progressives Youths in United Kingdom through its coordinator, Tunmise Ajiboye warned against demolishing the bridge, saying, “youths will revolt against the government if it is done.”

Former  Chair of Inter-Party Advisory Council ) in Osun, Adewale Adebayo, berated Adeleke over the plan, noting:  “It will amount to politics of bitterness if Adeleke destroys the bridge built with the state’s  money  and  his perceived enemy, Oyetola.”

Adeleke barred heavy truck from plying the bridge, citing safety reasons arising from technical reports on state of the bridge.

A statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed,  noted: “The governor said the decision his to protect the bridge from collapse and avoid untoward happening with heavy trucks.”

Osun State Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the late Owa Obòkun of Ijesaland, late Oba (Dr.) Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran as a legendary king who fulfilled all his developmental wishes for Ijeshaland during his lifetime.

The governor stated this in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed.

The governor paid a condolence visit to the members of the Ijesha traditional council and elders, at the Oba Adekunle Aromolaran Civic Centre, Ilesa, Osun State.

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Accompanied by all political office holders in Ijeshaland led by the State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Sunday Bisi,  Adeleke recalled how the late Owa emphasized the importance of making the University of Ilesa (UNILESA) a reality rather than an audio institution that the past administration wanted to make it to be.

The governor also recollected how the late monarch expressed frustration over the inability of successive administrations to dualise Palace/BreweryJunction Road, tasking Governor Adeleke to dualise the road during his lifetime.

“I promised Baba that those two wishes would be realized. It’s on the strength of my agreement with Baba that I moved UNILESA from mere paper approval to a functioning University with over 90 accredited courses”, Governor Adeleke told the Ijesa elders.

“Our government not only provided the take-off grant for the new university, we equally commenced infrastructural development of the university while I appointed a top-class Ijesha academic to lead the univer