Osun leaders from APC, Accord and PDP unite behind Tinubu as state campaign council prepares for inauguration

By: Ismaeel Aleem

The Osun State chapter of the Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council will be inaugurated on Thursday, 22 October 2026, at 12 noon in Osogbo.

According to a statement from Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson for Governor Ademola Adeleke, the governor has been appointed Osun State Coordinator for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign. The council will bring together a bipartisan group of political leaders and office-holders drawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Accord Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Prominent figures named include Chief Bisi Akande, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, Senators Iyiola Omisore, Ajibola Basiru, Jide Omoworare, Sola Adeyeye and Adenigba Fadahunsi. Also listed are former members of the National Assembly and the Osun State House of Assembly, current National and State Assembly candidates, APC state executives, Accord and PDP party officials, and local government chairpersons from all 30 local government areas and the Area Office.

APC leaders on the council include Chief Bisi Akande, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Senator Ajibola Basiru, Senator Jide Omoworare, Senator Sola Adeyeye, Honourable Yinka Ajayi, Otunba Titilayo Laoye-Ponle, Alhaji Bola Oyebamiji, Engineer Akintunde Adegboye, Engineer Mumini Olabanji, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola and Right Honourable Foluke Etteh. APC state executives named are Honourable Taju Lawal, Honourable Kamoru Alao, Honourable Femi Kujembola and others.

Representing Accord and the PDP are Professor Wale Oladipo, Prince Kola Adewusi, Erelu Olusola Obada, Dr Olu Alabi, Alhaji Kazeem Akinleye, Barrister Kolapo Alimi, Reverend Bunmi Jenyo, Senator Lere Oyewumi, Honourable Bamidele Salam, Right Honourable Adewale Egbedun, Honourable Sunday Bisi and others.

All nominated members are expected to attend the inauguration.

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