Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, who had been seeking the PDP’s governorship ticket in Oyo State, has defected from the party, citing growing frustrations over an ongoing leadership crisis at the national level.
Ajadi announced his resignation in a letter dated May 6, 2026, addressed to the Oyo State Chairman of the PDP at the party’s secretariat in Molete, Ibadan, and routed through the PDP Ward Chairman of Ward 8, Osengere, in Egbeda Local Government Area.
The politician said his decision followed extensive consultations and careful reflection on his political future and ideological direction, stressing that the lingering crisis within the PDP could create legal complications for his governorship ambition in the future.
“I am writing to officially notify you of my decision to resign from the membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), effective immediately,” Ajadi stated in the letter.
He explained that the move was necessary to enable him to pursue his governorship ambition on another political platform without the uncertainty surrounding the party’s national leadership crisis.
According to him, “This decision comes after extensive consultations and careful reflection on my political direction, particularly in relation to the broader state and national vision of unity, progress, and sustainable leadership that I remain deeply committed to pursuing.”
Ajadi, widely recognized for his deep-rooted community engagement and commitment to youth empowerment across Oyo State, made clear his belief that political participation should be driven by a genuine desire to serve the public, not by personal scores to settle or individual ambitions to pursue.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo’s exit from the PDP underscores a growing crisis within the opposition party that is now directly costing it key political figures.
His resignation signals that the PDP’s unresolved national leadership crisis is no longer just an internal affair; it is actively pushing ambitious, service-driven aspirants to seek more stable platforms elsewhere, which could significantly weaken the party’s prospects ahead of the Oyo State governorship election.
