Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, of intentionally stifling the opposition.
The APC mentioned Adeleke was not giving opposition a free hand to function by its creation of a non-level enjoying floor for the marketing campaign actions in respect of the following yr’s governorship election within the state.
In an announcement launched by the social gathering’s spokesman, Kola Olabisi, obtained in Osogbo on Friday, APC mentioned Adeleke and his cohorts “are desperately searching for methods to carry down the palms of the APC governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, within the contest by misusing his energy of incumbency.
“What might have knowledgeable the Draconian and sadistic directive of the Osun State Authorities beneath the management of Mr Adeleke to have directed O’Signage Company to not approve the erection or pasting of any APC billboard in Osogbo?”
The opposition social gathering mentioned it reliably gathered that “The Osun State Authorities particularly instructed that no APC billboards must be displayed from Akoda to Osogbo Metropolis Stadium inside a particular time period between now and the interval of the election.”
Olabisi additional alleged that the state authorities has ordered O’ Signage Company to determine “the house owners of the prevailing billboards throughout Osogbo and compensate them for a interval of three years per billboard.”
He queried why the Adeleke administration would resort to “such an illegal, unpopular, depraved, unsustainable and merciless strategy to politics and politicking if not the concern of his imminent defeat that’s staring the fast-fading administration of the hitherto Peoples Democratic Get together PDP- led authorities that has jumped ship to the Accord social gathering?
“We need to implore those that are devising this undemocratic improvement for Mr Adeleke to return to their drafting board, as this one has hit the rocks. Why is Mr Adeleke afraid to play the video games of politics in response to the principles if certainly he’s common, as he’s making some individuals who cannot differentiate between reputation and notoriety consider?”
However whereas reacting in an announcement, the Senior Particular Assistant to the Governor on O’Signage, Hoarding and Commercial Company, Wale Ayofe-Aminu, accused the APC of portraying routine regulatory actions as political persecution.
Describing the claims by the Osun APC as “baseless, hole and politically contrived, clearly designed to masks their rising unease over the unmistakable love and overwhelming assist the folks of Osun State proceed to point out for Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke.”
Ayofe-Aminu mentioned, “A celebration that presided over years of neglect, regulatory arbitrariness and administrative recklessness now out of the blue seeks refuge in feigned concern for legality and democracy. The sudden shedding of crocodile tears by the Osun APC is neither convincing nor redemptive; it’s merely a loud reminder of a celebration struggling to return to actuality with its rejection by the folks.”
Insisting that the company was being guided by related legal guidelines, Ayofe-Aminu defined that “The Osun State Signage and Commercial Company operates strictly throughout the confines of the regulation. Rules governing billboards and out of doors commercials are uniform, clear and non-discriminatory, making use of equally to all political events and stakeholders. There was no directive, specific or implied, to victimise any social gathering or candidate. Any insinuation on the contrary is a calculated distortion of details.
“The reality the Osun APC finds uncomfortable is that this: Governor Adeleke’s people-oriented governance has earned him real grassroots affection, not manufactured reputation. Roads are being constructed, staff are being paid, communities are being touched, and governance has returned to the folks. No quantity of press theatrics or alarmist propaganda can erase this actuality.”
He mentioned the APC’s outburst was much less about billboards and extra about panic within the face of an impending political reckoning, including that no quantity of noise, sufferer narratives or media dramatisation will save the opposition social gathering from defeat within the 2026 Governorship Election.
He urged the APC to concentrate on rebuilding credibility among the many folks reasonably than partaking in futile makes an attempt to discredit lawful establishments.
“Osun individuals are politically enlightened; they’ll clearly distinguish between governance and gimmicks. The Osun State Authorities, beneath the management of Governor Ademola Adeleke, stays dedicated to equity, rule of regulation and democratic rules, and no quantity of political agitation will derail that dedication,” he additional mentioned.
Osun APC and the state authorities have been buying and selling accusations on points bothering on the administration of public funds and safety.
PUNCH On-line reviews on November 11 that the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of mismanaging state sources.
The social gathering demanded an in depth account of funds acquired since his assumption of workplace in November 2022.
In an announcement signed by its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, in Osogbo, the state capital, on Tuesday, the opposition alleged that regardless of enormous federal allocations to the state, college students of Osun State College and the College of Ilesa, each owned by the state, had been nonetheless being pressured to pay what it described as “outrageous” tuition and lodging charges.
The APC claimed that the Adeleke administration acquired over ₦850 billion in allocations between November 2022 and September 2025, however had “little or nothing to point out for it.”
Nevertheless, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, dismissed the allegations as “pretend information from a celebration set for an additional defeat in 2026.”
Rasheed mentioned the opposition’s claims of ₦1 trillion allocation had been “a devilish fabrication and mischievous propaganda” aimed toward discrediting a performing administration.
He famous that the federal government had prudently managed state sources and achieved main milestones in infrastructure, healthcare, training, sports activities, and welfare.
