Barely 12 hours after Governor Ademola Adeleke formally left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Osun State Chairman, Sunday Bisi, announced that the governorship primary would no longer hold, the party’s national leadership has insisted that the exercise will proceed today, Tuesday, December 2.
Bisi had told selected journalists on Monday that the wave of suspensions and counter-suspensions involving key national officials responsible for supervising congresses, primaries, and submitting candidate lists to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had thrown the process into disarray.
He suggested that the crisis at the national level could force Adeleke to abandon his quest for the PDP ticket ahead of the 2026 governorship election unless an INEC-recognised resolution emerged within the required timeframe.
Shortly afterward, a resignation letter, purportedly signed by Adeleke and dated November 4, 2025, surfaced online, in which he blamed the PDP’s deepening leadership crisis for his decision to quit the party.
Despite the confusion, the PDP national secretariat maintained that the primary would go ahead as scheduled.
In a letter dated December 1 and issued by the National Organising Secretary, Hon. Theophilus Shan, the party reaffirmed that the primary would hold today at the Atlantis Multipurpose Hall, Ring Road, Osogbo.
The letter stated:
“Following our earlier notice of October 28, 2025, and the successful conclusion of congresses to elect ad-hoc and national delegates in Osun State on November 24 and 29, respectively, the party wishes to remind stakeholders and the general public that the gubernatorial primary will hold on December 2, 2025, at 10 a.m.”
Shan added that the Electoral Committee for the primary had been fully constituted and would supervise the exercise.
He cautioned candidates to conduct themselves in line with the party’s constitution and warned that any act of indiscipline would attract strict sanctions.
However, security sources confirmed that the primary may no longer hold at the originally announced venue following alleged threats issued to the facility’s owner and manager, warning them not to allow the event.
“They have been threatened repeatedly. That may force a change of venue, but we are monitoring the situation closely,” a senior security officer said.
A party insider who requested anonymity also confirmed ongoing adjustments, saying, “The primary will still hold as planned, but the venue has been changed. Delegates should not worry, the security arrangements are solid.”
One of the organisers, identified simply as Abiodun, alleged attempts by the Osun PDP leadership to intimidate them.
“The state chapter is threatening us, but we are not backing down. The primary will hold no matter the pressure,” he said.
Efforts to reach the Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi, were unsuccessful, as his phone remained unavailable at the time of filing this report.
