Confusion deepens as PDP counters Osun PDP on guber primary postponement

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed claims by its Osun State chapter that the party’s 2026 governorship primary has been postponed, insisting that the exercise will hold on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, as originally scheduled.

In a public notice issued on Monday and shared via the party’s official communication channels, the National Organising Secretary, Hon. Theophilus Dakas Shan, reaffirmed that all congresses required to elect ad-hoc and national delegates in Osun had been “successfully completed” on November 24 and 29, respectively.

According to the statement, the governorship primary will take place at the Atlantis Multipurpose Hall, Ring Road, Osogbo, by 10 a.m., with the Electoral Committee already constituted to supervise the process.

The party also warned aspirants to conduct themselves strictly in line with its constitution, stressing that any act of indiscipline would attract severe sanctions.

The latest announcement directly contradicts an earlier position taken by the Osun State chapter.

Very Nigerian had reported that the state leadership, led by Chairman Sunday Bisi, cited unresolved crises within the national hierarchy of the party as grounds for postponing the primary.

The state chapter had argued that court cases and the suspension of key national officers made it impossible to conduct ward and local government congresses needed to elect delegates, processes the national body now claims have been “successfully completed”.

The conflicting statements have deepened confusion over the true state of affairs in Osun, raising questions about the level of coordination between the party’s national and state structures.

With Governor Ademola Adeleke still the only aspirant publicly cleared by the state chapter, the PDP now appears locked in competing narratives over whether preparations for the primary are complete or still entangled in internal disputes.

As both organs of the party maintain sharply different accounts, stakeholders are bracing for what could become another test of the PDP’s internal cohesion ahead of the 2026 governorship contest.

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