APC Secretary Visits Adeleke, Congratulates Him on His Win

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Surajudeen Basiru, visited Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, in Osogbo on Sunday.

A video shared on X by Ayekooto showed Basiru explaining three main reasons for his visit.

First, he thanked the governor for coming to the final rites of his late mother and visiting him during his time of grief earlier this year.

Basiru admitted he delayed this visit until after the recent governorship election due to politics. He was actively campaigning against Adeleke.

He said, "You are the chief executive officer, and you still find time. And not only that you came to my personal house to extend your condolences to me, you also frontally attended. I cannot, because of politics, gloss over that act of charity."

He added, "I don’t want people to misinterpret my gesture, and ordinarily I ought to have visited you during that period. But politics can be very toxic. People will say, ‘Ah, we are doing election, oh, we are in the field.’ And I was campaigning vigorously against you, sir."

Basiru continued, "I campaigned vigorously against you at that election. Fortunately, God gives power."

Next, the APC National Secretary congratulated Adeleke on his re-election win. The governor ran on the Accord Party's platform and defeated the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji.

"Secondly, I must also come as a democrat to congratulate you on your recent victory. And I must say that I did not want you to win."

He said, "I wanted Oyebamiji to win that election, my candidate that I worked for in that election. But as it were, Allah (God) alone can give power to whoever He wants."

Basiru also noted, "And of course, as a student of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the democrat, I must also at every point in time recognise that in a democratic contest, one must win, and the struggle continues."

Lastly, Basiru thanked Adeleke for supporting President Bola Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election.

He mentioned, "I read both news media and social media, some people expected you (Adeleke) that having won the election, would renege on earlier promise to endorse Tinubu, but the governor had stood firm."