*Dismisses possible use of federal might by APC
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed the firm optimism that he will emerge victorious in his re-election bid come next year.
The Osun State governorship election is scheduled to take place August 8, 2026.
Adeleke, while answering questions from Journalists on Thursday after being screened by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at its Legacy House annex office in Maitama, Abuja, was highly confident that his achievement in office in the past three years will speak for him.
In the words of the Osun State Governor, who is popularly known as ‘Imole’ by his supporters, “I’m so confident I’m going to win. If I can defeat an incumbent, and now that I’m the governor, within two years, it’s unprecedented what we have achieved in less than three years. I’m so confident that nobody can beat us there”.
He assured the people of Osun State that more dividends of democracy is coming their way.
“More goodies all the way, more goodies all the way throughout Osun State! We’ll be dancing, and we’ll be working”, he declared.
Asked if he is scared of the possible use of federal might, the Governor responded, “Scared? How can I be scared? I’m too popular! Anywhere I go, you love me and I love you! Hey, everybody says Imole”.
“So, I mean, you see, if you’re not performing, that’s when you’ll be scared. When you have your people behind you, you don’t have to fear.
“During my first term, I mean, the federal might was there. I saw the equipment, I saw the resources. But now, that same federal might, I don’t think the President will want to do something that will mess his administration up.
“You know, because my election is going to be the election before the presidential election. So, I’m sure everything will be free and fair, and that is what we are talking about”, he said.
Continuing, he said, “If you’re not performing, that’s when you’ll be scared. When you have your people behind you, you don’t have to fear”.
The Governor declared that there is no internal wranglings within the PDP in Osun State, stressing that members of the party in the state belong to one big family.
His words, “Ee don’t have any internal wranglings in Osun State. When you look around, I can tell you that the PDP in Osun, we are number one; we are one family; everything is going on well. So, there’s no internal wranglings in PDP”.
