APC DREAM OF TAKING OVER OSUN GOVERNANCE COME 2026: IT’S A MIRAGE MISSION AND A PIPE DREAM

 APC DREAM OF TAKING OVER OSUN GOVERNANCE COME 2026: IT’S A MIRAGE MISSION AND A PIPE DREAM

By Arewa Oluwaseun

The recent press statement issued by the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) only exposes the party’s desperation, disarray and diminishing political relevance ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial election. It is a confession of frustration, a broadcast of political fatigue and a desperate attempt to resuscitate a party long declared brain-dead by the people of Osun. Their so-called warning to Governor Ademola Adeleke to prepare his handover note is not only technically shallow and delusion but politically laughable, socially disconnected, morally hypocritical and logically defective.

The APC’s dream of returning to power in Osun is nothing but a mirage mission and a pipe dream conceived in the womb of self-deceit. It is a grand total illusion rooted in wishful thinking rather than political reality. From a governance and administrative standpoint, the APC’s accusations lack both empirical and documentary grounding. No government in Osun’s history has shown more administrative precision and people-centered accountability in less than three years than the Adeleke administration. In less than three years, Governor Adeleke’s administration has recorded measurable milestones. 

The data are public and verifiable, the same APC that left mountains of debt, ghost projects and unpaid workers cannot now lecture Osun on governance. A party that failed both mathematics and morality in power should not pretend to be grading those who restored hope. Technically, the APC lacks the data; logically, it lacks the argument. It is therefore, unsound to accuse the present government whose reforms are data-driven and people-centered of mediocrity. The Adeleke-led administration’s performance indices speak louder than the APC’s empty press theatrics.

Politically, the APC’s statement reflects frustration rather than foresight. The same party that suffered a humiliating defeat in 2022 has yet to recover from its internal implosion, leadership crises and loss of public trust. The people of Osun have not forgotten the years of maladministration, opaque governance and infrastructural decay that defined the APC era. The APC that we all know has now become a political orphan in Osun, abandoned by the people, ridiculed by performance and haunted by its own past. The same citizens they starved of salaries, abandoned in classrooms and deceived with fake promises have now found refuge in a government that listens, responds and delivers.

To now presume that a fragmented opposition can miraculously upturn a government with strong grassroots appeal, cross-party endorsements and a growing record of transparency is not strategy, it’s self-deception. The electorate in Osun has matured beyond propaganda. Politics in 2026 will be decided by performance, not by press noise. Governor Adeleke’s administration has consistently demonstrated what governance should look like, open budgeting, participatory leadership and prompt civil service reforms. The people know who genuinely serves and who merely seeks power for personal recovery.

Socially, the APC has lost moral ground to speak on governance in Osun State. The citizens have vivid memories of unpaid workers’ salaries, dilapidated schools and hospitals that were shadows of themselves under the APC rule. It is the same citizens that Governor Adeleke is presently empowering through youth-oriented programs, rural electrification, small business grants and community development projects.

Morally, the APC cannot preach integrity while it remains the architect of the socioeconomic hardship Osun endured between 2010 and 2022. For a party that turned Osun into a laboratory of suffering for twelve long years, the moral right to criticize has expired. You cannot poison a generation and then accuse the healer of incompetence. The moral compass of leadership rests on service to people, not on a thirst for return to power. Governor Adeleke’s transparency and empathy-driven policies have redefined leadership morality in Osun. When the people can see roads where none existed, hospitals and educational infrastructure revived, feel salaries, touch projects and live with renewed confidence. No propaganda can cloud their conscience.

Logically, it is contradictory for a party that once rejected Adeleke’s alleged overture to now accuse him of desperation. The inconsistency itself reveals confusion. How can the same APC that calls the governor unmarketable also claim to fear his political influence? Such conflicting narratives only show that the party’s communication machinery is in chaos. The numbers will definitely speak in 2026, Adeleke’s administration enjoys overwhelming approval from local communities, traditional institutions and civil servants. 

The APC, by contrast, continues to battle internal disunity and loss of confidence among even its former loyalists. A political dream not built on data, unity or credibility is nothing but a pipe dream. And that is exactly what the APC’s takeover ambition represents, a political mirage vanishing under the heat of reality. Ultimately, Osun people will not trade progress for propaganda. The APC should spend less time manufacturing falsehoods and more time rebuilding its credibility. Elections are not won by press releases but by performance. The people of Osun know the truth, live the truth and will vote the truth.

So, to the APC, the 2026 dream of reclaiming Osun is not only a mirage, it is a political hallucination. The people have moved on. The state has evolved. And the future of Osun belongs to governance that works, not to politics that wounds.

Signed:

Arewa Oluwaseun,

Political Commentator & Social Analyst

©October 31, 2025