The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, said the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has lost its fortunes in Osun State.
Mr Oyetola, who is the immediate past governor of the state, stated this at a rally organised to receive two chieftains of the PDP and their supporters.
The decampees are PDP ex-National Deputy Chairman, Shuaib Oyedokun, and ex-governorship aspirant Dotun Babayemi.
Mr Oyetola expressed confidence in the party winning the 2026 governorship election in the state.
According to him, the defection of Mr Babayemi and his people was an indication that more people from the PDP would cross over to the APC before the next gubernatorial election.
“It is an irony that we lost an election over a year ago and there has been no major defection from the party. What we have is the reverse.
“It is the ruling party that is coming to us, which shows that APC remains a party to beat.
“We have done so well, and people are starting to see that when it comes to governance, the progressive knows how to.
“The way President Bola Tinubu has been governing us, that is what the APC governors in their respective states have been doing.
“I am delighted for the fact that we are not just getting anybody, but people of substance. Like Baba Suaibu, he is a veteran member of the PDP, decamping to the APC. It shows that PDP doesn’t exist any longer here.
“I am confident that in 2026 we are going to take over the state. This is just the beginning because several people are willing to come back to us, and a lot of political heavyweights are coming to join us.
“I welcome Dotun Babayemi and Alhaji Suiabu Oyedokun to the progressives.”
Also speaking at the event, Mr Babayemi said good governance had ceased in Osun after Me Oyetola exited office.
He said, “The last time we witnessed good governance was in 2022, when Oyetola left government, and it is time we unite to send the present administration out of the government house for the sake of the state’s development.”
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