The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has issued a warning the state governor, Ademola Adeleke.
The party’s warning to the Osun State governor comes days after Adeleke visited President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja.
Adeleke was at the Presidential Villa alongside his older brother, Adedeji and his nephew, David.
This particular visit to the president has raised concerns over the possibility that the governor might be nursing defection plans in order to secure a second-term bid as governor of the state.
However, speaking at the Tinubu/Shettima campaign office in Osogbo, a chieftain of the ruling party, Timothy Owoeye said the governor would not be joining the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Owoeye also told Adeleke that the APC governorship ticket in Osun State is not for sale.
According to him, the Osun chapter of the party does not need Adeleke to win elections in the state.
“I’m saying this categorically that APC tickets are not for sale. As a matter of fact, as of today, we don’t see Adeleke as a member or part of APC as a party. Let me be sincere with you, the APC in Osun is the party to beat.
“I want to tell you that if not because of the fear of the unknown that is disturbing the Adeleke family and the PDP, they wouldn’t have been showing the intention of coming to the APC,” Owoeye said.
He also said that the APC is strongly positioned to oust the PDP government led by Adeleke out of the state.
Oworye noted that there is no vacancy in the APC for PDP members and the governor to fill at the moment.
