Osun APC, PDP Clash Over Adeleke’s Comments on Tinubu at Akure Summit

The Osun State chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have traded accusations following Governor Ademola Adeleke’s comments at the South-West Stakeholders’ Dialogue held in Akure, Ondo State.

The APC alleged that Adeleke attacked President Bola Tinubu during the event, accusing him of marginalising Osun State and withholding local government funds. However, the PDP has dismissed the claims, insisting that no such attack occurred.

In a statement signed by the APC’s Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, the party warned the governor to stop blaming the president for his failures in governance.

“It has become the stock-in-trade for the Osun State satellite governor to unjustifiably hold the nation’s President responsible for his inability to perform his statutory duties as governor,” the statement read.

Olabisi accused Adeleke of ignoring federal support to the state, adding that Tinubu’s administration had invested over ₦10 billion in education and health programmes in Osun, alongside other federal interventions from TETFUND and UBEC.

The APC further accused Adeleke of mismanaging state funds, citing high tuition fees in state universities and the alleged purchase of ₦13 billion worth of luxury vehicles for politicians.

Responding, the Osun PDP described the APC’s statement as “false, malicious, and a figment of imagination.”

In a counter-statement signed by its Director of Media, Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji, the party maintained that Governor Adeleke’s remarks in Akure were focused on strengthening federal-state relations, not attacking the president.

“Throughout the speech at Akure, there was never an attack on Mr President but details about what Osun State is passing through within the context of intergovernmental relations,” the PDP stated.

The PDP also reaffirmed Adeleke’s respect for President Tinubu, describing him as “a leader of the Yoruba race deserving of regard and civility.”

At the Akure summit, Governor Adeleke—represented by his deputy, Kola Adewusi—called for the protection of sub-national governments’ rights to deepen democratic governance and promote collaboration for development.