The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday reversed uncertainty over its Osun governorship primary, confirming that the exercise will hold today despite fresh controversy surrounding Governor Ademola Adeleke’s reported exit from the party.
This came barely 12 hours after Osun PDP Chairman Sunday Bisi declared that the primary could no longer proceed as scheduled, citing the suspension and counter-suspension of key national officers responsible for conducting congresses, primaries and forwarding candidates’ names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Bisi had told select journalists on Monday that the crisis within the PDP’s national hierarchy had thrown the process into disarray, adding that Governor Adeleke might withhold participation in the 2026 governorship race unless an INEC-acknowledged resolution was reached within the required timeline.
The confusion deepened when a resignation letter, purportedly signed by Adeleke and dated November 4, 2025, surfaced online, with the governor attributing his alleged departure to the party’s lingering leadership tussle.
But in a letter dated December 1, 2025, National Organising Secretary Hon. Theophilus Shan directed that the Osun governorship primary would proceed today, December 2, as earlier scheduled, signalling the party’s determination to press ahead despite the crisis.
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The letter read, “Sequel to the earlier notice of 28th October, 2025 to the gubernatorial primaries and the successful completion of congresses to elect ad-hoc delegates and National delegates in Osun State on the 24th and 29th of November, 2025, the Party hereby reminds strategic stakeholders and the general public that the primaries to elect the gubernatorial candidate will hold on December 2nd, 2025 at Atlantis Multipurpose Hall, Ring road, Osogbo, Osun State, 10am.”
He noted that the Electoral Committee for the Primary has been constituted and will oversee the conduct of the exercise accordingly.
The letter advised, “The candidates cleared for the primaries are advised to behave in accordance with the provisions of our party’s constitution and the in the interest of law and order, as any act of indiscipline will be severely punished.”
Meanwhile, a top security source confirmed that the primary may not hold at the venue due to several threats that the exercise must not proceed because the state leadership has taken its stance.
The source said, “They have threatened both the owner and the manager of the venue never to allow the primary to hold. This may force them to change the venue to another place. But we are on top of the situation.”
Also, a source within the party who pleaded anonymity, said, “The primary will hold as schedule but we are yet to know the venue, we have changed the earlier venue. Security is guaranteed for all the delegates.”
Also, one of the organisers of the Primary simply identified as Abiodun said “the state chapter of PDP is threatening us but we won’t panic. We are going to hold the primary no matter the threat.”
Efforts to speak with State Chairman, Sunday Bisi was abortive as his phone was not available as at the time of filing this report.
