Ganduje’s Comments On 2026 Osun Guber Election ‘AntiDemocratic’…Our People ‘ll Stand Against Electoral Fraud-Gov Adeleke’s Aide

Governor Adeleke’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has reacted to the assertions made by the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr Abdulahi Umar Ganduje  in respect of the 2026 Osun State gubernatorial election submitting that the former Kano State governor is suffering  from ‘verbal diarrhea and swollen ego’ while accusing him of allegedly plotting to destabilize the Southwest zone and create a crisis for Mr President in his geo-political zone.

‘Dr Ganduje is clearly unhappy with the peace and united front behind Mr President from the Southwest, and he has now launched vicious attacks to ignite regional political battles to weaken the President ahead of 2027’ he said.

Mallam Olawale Rasheed  also noted in a statement he made available to Team@orientactualmags.com  on Monday that ‘the antidemocratic utterances of the APC leader’ contrast sharply with the democratic credentials of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wondering why ‘the APC leader speaks like an amateur dictator without respect for history’.

‘As a well read politician, one would have expected Dr Ganduje to know that electoral contests depend mostly on local indexes and factors and that what obtains in Edo and Ondo are surely different from political facts on the ground in Osun state.

Local permutations, grievances and interests dictate how people vote rather than superimposed force. In Kano State, the local peculiarities enforced the subsisting victory of the Kwankwasiyya group which beat the Ganduje caucus that had been in office for eight years.

If Ganduje could fail in his own state because internal forces rejected his brand of politics, why is he thinking Osun factors which enthroned Governor Adeleke would not resist any attempt to disrespect the will of Osun people in 2026?’ he submitted.

The governor’s aide also noted that  Osun State is the cradle of Yoruba people where political freedom is cherished and where resistance to electoral fraud is a strong tradition, describing Dr Ganduje as ‘a threat to democracy and an insider enemy of President Tinubu’.

‘If Dr Ganduje truly loves Mr President, why is he pushing to destabilize the president’s home zone through open threats to violate electoral law and deny the electorate their rights to vote and be voted for? By threatening to hijack opposition states, the APC leader is undermining the general consensus among Yoruba people to accept Mr President as their own irrespective of political differences.

‘If however the statement of the APC leader is borne out of ignorance, he is invited to study Osun politics to get better informed of the dynamics of this state’s politics and to appreciate that what works in Edo and Ondo cannot play out here for several reasons.

In Osun State, the ruling party, the PDP is daily receiving thousands of decampees from the opposition parties. The PDP in Osun is already a strong mass movement which cannot be overrun by a party chairman who failed to deliver his own state and who does not have the mandate of Mr President to ignite conflict in the Southwest zone.

The PDP in Osun State is too deeply planted to be threatened or suppressed by any electoral robber and Governor Adeleke remains an extraordinarily popular leader whose mandate now or in 2026 cannot be hijacked by anti- democratic forces’ the Spokesperson  added-Team@orientactualmags.com   Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you.