In October 2026, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun was named the state coordinator of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 marketing campaign, changing Gboyega Oyetola, his rival of eight years and now Minister of Marine and Blue Economy. Hence the speak of an alliance, although their historical past is bitter.
Oyetola, of the APC, beat Adeleke, then of the PDP, in a disputed 2018 rerun by 255,505 votes to 255,023, and the Supreme Court upheld it. Adeleke gained the 2022 rematch 403,371 to 375,027, and the Supreme Court affirmed that too.In August 2026, Adeleke, now in the Accord Party after leaving the PDP, gained a second time period with 511,067 votes in opposition to 444,815 for the APC’s Bola Oyebamiji, whom Oyetola backed. Adeleke had stated Oyetola stayed off the poll out of concern and used a proxy.
The hostility bumped into 2026. In February, Adeleke advised Oyetola to behave or have his sordid previous and current uncovered, and the two fought over management of native councils after an Appeal Court ruling. Then the tone shifted: Adeleke praised Oyetola on his 72nd birthday this month.
Adeleke has stated he’ll work with Oyetola and Oyebamiji as long as it serves Tinubu. On the council dispute, Tinubu has reportedly stepped in with a committee to dealer peace between Adeleke and the APC.
What the report doesn’t present is any settlement between the two males. Working for the similar presidential candidate just isn’t a pact over Osun’s politics, and no response from Oyetola to dropping the position to his rival has been reported.
The association assessments each males’s followers. Accord supporters should settle for their governor coordinating a marketing campaign for the occasion that fought him in August, and APC loyalists should settle for a former opponent in a submit Oyetola as soon as held. Whether this stays a marketing campaign association will present first in the council dispute, the place Tinubu’s committee is supposed to supply a settlement.
