Four years after a coalition of Peoples Democratic Party chieftains helped propel him to power, Governor Ademola Adeleke is watching that same coalition crumble with just 72 hours to the polls. The defection of former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, ex-Secretary to Osun State Government, Fatai Akinbade, and other party stalwarts to the All Progressives Congress has not only depleted the governor’s political war chest, but also handed the opposition a template eerily similar to the one that culminated in Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s victory in 2014, writes Ismail Omipidan.

Osun State is heading toward one of Nigeria’s most closely watched governorship contests, with the August 2026 election pitting incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke, popularly known…

…Group accuses Adeleke of excluding stakeholders By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo OSOGBO — A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, led by former Governor…