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You’re A Rejected Politician, Can’t Defeat Adeleke – Osun PDP To Basiru

ByOlamilekan Adigun

PublishedMay 15, 2025

As APC National Scribe Asks Gov To Prepare For Defeat In 2026

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, as a ‘rejected’ politician with no electoral value.

The PDP dismissed the chances of Basiru in the forthcoming 2026 governorship election, describing him as “unelectable.”

OSUN DEFENDER reports that the campaign team of the former Osun Central Senator had in a statement congratulating the Governor on his 65th birthday, urged Adeleke to prepare for a defeat in the hands of Basiru next year.

In the statement signed by Prof. Aderemi Ajala, the team praised Adeleke but emphasised that Basiru was best positioned to address the state’s numerous challenges.

“We want to join the good people of Osun State to celebrate our governor and brother, His Excellency Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, as he clocked 65.

“For us, we nurse no hatred against him especially as he celebrates his birthday. So we congratulate him. The politics we are all involved in is because of the betterment of our state.

“Being a knowledgeable people and apart from the fact that our principal is a lawyer by profession who adheres to the tenets of democracy, we don’t see politics as a do-or-die affair. When Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke defeated us in the last election, we respected the peoples’ wish.

“While we salute him on his birthday, we like to remind him that Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru Ph.D is contesting to unseat him because of the obvious lapses he has noticed in the current administration in our dear state.”

But responding, the Director of Media and Publicity for Osun PDP, Oladele Bamiji, said the former senator should first focus on securing his party’s ticket before dreaming of challenging the incumbent.

Bamiji recalled how Basiru lost the 2023 Osun Central Senatorial District election to a PDP candidate, stating that putting him forward as APC’s governorship standard-bearer would only ease Adeleke’s re-election.

“I hope Senator Ajibola Basiru and his subjects understand that political ambition is not just by mouth or by speaking grammar around, it is the level and extent of acceptability of such would-be candidate or aspirant to the people,” Bamiji said.

“Basiru has had his time in public administration. He has been a senator and if he did well, he won’t be overwhelmingly rejected as he was in his second attempt. If he could be rejected in his own senatorial district then, I don’t know how he wants to navigate through other regions/constituencies in Osun State.”

Describing Basiru as “an unelectable personality as far as governorship race is concerned,” Bamiji insisted that the APC national scribe “doesn’t have that personality to even come close to giving the incumbent governor any sort of reasonable fight.”

“Maybe by the time God will want to make it so easy for PDP to win the 2026 governorship election again, Basiru will be put forward as APC candidate, and then he will be able to smell how bad his image is as far as Osun electorates are concerned,” he said.

Olamilekan Adigun

Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.