- Safiu Kehinde
Adebayo Adedamola, an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has emerged as the party’s candidate for the Osun 2026 governorship election following the resignation of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, from the party.
Adedamola polled 919 votes out of the 957 cast in the party’s primary conducted on Tuesday in Osogbo.
The primary election was held despite being declared suspended on Monday by the Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi.
NPO Reported that Bisi had in a Press Conference that the ongoing leadership crisis in the party at the national level had made it impossible to conduct the governorship primary as earlier scheduled.
He added that, due to the crisis, Adeleke may no longer be interested in seeking the party’s nomination for the 2026 governorship election.
The Osun governor would confirm the PDP Chairman’s speculation as he announced the withdrawal of membership with the PDP.
However, Adeleke’s name appeared on the ballot paper at the primary election despite his resignation,
While announcing the result, the PDP electoral chairman, Humphrey Abba said that 957 delegates out of 990 were accredited for the exercise.
Abba, however, said that 20 votes were voided.
“We told you earlier that one of the aspirants withdrew.
“The candidate who received the remaining votes is Adebayo Adedamola with 919 votes and is declared elected and returned”, he said.
Representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a committee led by Abba from the PDP national headquarters were present at the venue.
There was also a heavy security presence, with operatives from the Department of State Security, the police, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps stationed at the entrance and exit of the venue for the exercise.