An ally of Rauf Aregbesola, the former Secretary to the State Government of Osun State, Moshood Adeoti, is reportedly considering joining the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Nation recalled that Adeoti formally withdrew his allegiance to former governor Rauf Aregbesola and exited the African Democratic Congress (ADC) amid growing rumours that the party plans to hand its 2026 governorship ticket to former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Najeem Salam.

Adeoti was the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP) in 2018, polling 49,745 votes after dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the twilight of the administration of Aregbesola.

He later returned to the APC in 2020 at the height of political tensions between Aregbesola and his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, but in the 2022 gubernatorial election, Adeoti emerged as Aregbesola’s preferred aspirant, and since he had been with him till recent times in ADC.

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The Nation gathered on Thursday that Adeoti may join the APC following his exit from Aregbesola’s camp, as top leaders within the party have been wooing him to their party.

A source close to him said, “Leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and by extension associates of Governor Ademola Adeleke have been romancing our leader (Adeoti), but I can confirm that he prefers APC because they are giving him close marking.”

Efforts to reach Adeoti were abortive as he did not answer his calls and failed to respond to text messages sent to his phone at the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of APC in Osun State, Kamoru Alao, confirmed that “the party leadership is still talking with Adeoti. We are on course.” (The Nation)

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