Former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has said the recent endorsement of President Bola Tinubu by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State was a decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
Oyinlola made the statement during an appearance on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ on Thursday.
“The endorsement was the decision of the part. Left to me, I have no cause to go back to the APC because I was part of the merger that made the APC. I was the national secretary of the new PDP,” he said.
He stressed that the endorsement does not in anyway invalidate his disposition to the APC, noting that the endorsement was a chess game.
“It’s a political chess,” he said.
The ex-governor was asked to interpret what he meant by political chess, he responded that if he did, he would be exposing his party’s strategy.
He stated that his support for the endorsement has nothing to do with his integrity as a politician.
Oyinlola said that politics requires pragmatism to get a desired result.
Recall that Governor Adeleke and the leadership of the PDP in Osun State recently threw their weight behind President Tinubu’s re-election bid by adopting the president—to work for his reflection—ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The Osun PDP’s endorsement was made public via in a communique issued on Monday after a stakeholders meeting that took place at the Government House in Oke-Fia, Osogbo.
“The leaders hereby resolve that the PDP in Osun State recognises the fact that Osun State is the ancestral home of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which makes the President the son of Osun State. Therefore, the PDP in Osun State hereby adopts and endorses President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election in the 2027 presidential election,” the communique read in part.
