PDP Says Adeleke’s Exit Was “Self-Inflicted” Crisis, Calls Him A Victim Of Circumstance

The story swirling around Osun takes on a sombre rhythm as the Peoples Democratic Party admits almost wistfully that Governor Ademola Adeleke’s departure was born from wounds the party failed to heal.

Speaking on The Morning Brief, PDP National Publicity Secretary Ini Ememobong traced the governor’s defection to long-festering internal conflicts the party kept postponing, feeding, and ultimately being consumed by.

He painted Adeleke not as a rebel, but “a victim of circumstance,” a casualty of a house that ignored its cracks until the walls caved in.

According to him, Adeleke’s exit was avoidable. Every political quarrel, he said, is human-made and should have a human solution if only the party had acted early, decisively, and with clear resolve.

But instead of firm leadership, the PDP relied on negotiation and time, hoping tempers would calm. Time, Ememobong warned, is a poor healer when no one is taking responsibility.

He traced the beginning of the party’s major fracture to the controversial Ibadan convention, where expulsions, power shifts, and deepening bitterness widened the gulf among PDP leaders.

From that moment, the monster grew and Adeleke, he said, eventually could not escape the consequences of “vicarious liabilities.”

Adeleke formally resigned on December 2, attaching a letter dated November 4 to his public post. The cracks were already deep, and his steps were already made: he had registered with the Accord Party on November 6.

By Wednesday, the governor stood unopposed and was confirmed as the Accord Party’s flag-bearer for the August 8, 2026 governorship election, securing 145 of 150 delegate votes.

He framed his defection not as rebellion, but alignment a shift to a party whose welfarist mission, he said, matches his vow to stand firm for workers and the vulnerable.

And so, Adeleke crosses into a new political home, leaving the PDP to reckon with the bitter truth Ememobong laid bare:
a party that refuses to confront its monsters eventually becomes a meal for them.