PDP chairman: Adeleke yet to submit resignation letter

The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki, says the party has yet to receive any official communication from Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke over his resignation from the party.

Turaki stated this while speaking with newsmen shortly after the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

He said while Adeleke has the right to stay or leave the party, he had yet to communicate the party that he was resigning his membership.

Turaki said: “We have seen in the media a letter purported to be from him resigning his membership of our party, but I tell you that up to this moment, we have not officially received any such indication from him that he has left this party.

“From the instructions we have given our people in the field, I know that Governor Adeleke’s name is one of the aspirants vying for the ticket.

“So, if he decides — either in person or via a representative at the centre of the primary — that he has withdrawn or refused to make himself available, then that will form part of the report we will receive.

“As far as we are concerned, even if what we saw on social media is true, as a Nigerian, Governor Adeleke, like any other person, has the constitutional right to freedom of association. He is free to move in; he is free to move out of any political party.”

Turaki added that the power and strength of PDP remained with the people, not persons elected on the platform of the party.

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“Our people are with us intact, and by the special grace of God, when election time comes, they will prove to Nigerians that the PDP is still in proper and complete shape,” Turaki said.

Speaking on the party’s internal processes, Turaki said the NWC had reviewed and approved the congresses in Osun State conducted to select ad-hoc delegates.

The PDP chairman further stated that the former governors of the party nominated by President Bola Tinubu for non-career ambassadorial appointments had not communicated the party on the development.

He added: “For the former governors who have been nominated, we are yet to receive any indication from them seeking permission or notifying us of the appointment.

“We wish them well. If they come to us, we will certainly consider it on its merit and take a decision on the appropriate response.

“But for now, I can confirm that we have not received any communication from them informing us that they have been nominated for ambassadorial positions.”

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