The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the defection of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, describing his move as the fallout of accumulated internal issues left unresolved within the party.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Thursday, the PDP’s factional National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said Adeleke’s decision did not occur in isolation but was the result of leadership failures and delayed interventions.
According to him, the party should have taken decisive action as far back as 2023 when signs of internal decline began to appear.
“Adeleke’s defection is a victim of circumstance, which is vicarious, because every problem is human-caused and should have human solutions,” he said.
Ememobong noted that the party leadership kept hoping negotiations would calm tensions, but the strategy failed.
“The challenge is that once we begin to feed the monster, we eventually become victims. Time does not solve problems; human beings do,” he added.
He explained that ongoing negotiations and the belief that party members would eventually reconsider their positions contributed to the delay in taking action — a delay that, he said, culminated in the decisions made at the Ibadan convention.
Ememobong concluded that Adeleke’s exit stemmed from “vicarious liabilities” within the party’s leadership structure, stressing that the governor could not fully detach himself from the consequences.
Adeleke’s defection has continued to generate debates across political circles, with observers watching closely to see how the development reshapes the political landscape in Osun and within the PDP nationally.
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