{"id":179266,"date":"2025-09-17T20:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:14:49","slug":"i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours","title":{"rendered":"I am not joining ADC \u2013 Gov Adeleke debunks defection rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has dismissed speculation making the rounds that he is joining the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>This governor spoke in a statement released on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that he is staying in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, adding that some people, who are scared of his popularity, were behind the rumour to confuse the populace.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also reiterated his decision to contest the 2026 governorship election in the PDP, stressing that the party is already mobilising to ensure that his re-election becomes reality.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the public to disregard the speculations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur attention has been drawn to a report that Governor Ademola Adeleke is planning to join the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report is not only untrue but a calculated attempt by those afraid of the Governor\u2019s soaring acceptability to create confusions and uncertainty in the minds of the people of Osun state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to reiterate for the umpteenth time that Governor Adeleke remains committed to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and has no plan whatsoever to join the ADC or any party for that matter,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has dismissed speculation making the rounds that he is joining the African Democratic Congress, ADC. This governor spoke in a statement released on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed. He maintained that he is staying in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, adding that some people, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[118,594,254],"class_list":["post-179266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adc","tag-adeleke","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I am not joining ADC \u2013 Gov Adeleke debunks defection rumours - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has dismissed speculation making the rounds that he is joining the African Democr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I am not joining ADC \u2013 Gov Adeleke debunks defection rumours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has dismissed speculation making the rounds that he is joining the African Democr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-17T19:45:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-17T21:14:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758131262.142747.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"646\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"I am not joining ADC \u2013 Gov Adeleke debunks defection rumours\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-17T19:45:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-17T21:14:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours\"},\"wordCount\":215,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758131262.142747.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"Adeleke\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-not-joining-adc-gov-adeleke-debunks-defection-rumours\",\"name\":\"I am not joining ADC \u2013 Gov Adeleke debunks defection rumours - 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