The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the prolonged stay of Governor Ademola Adeleke in the United States of America after the wedding of his nephew, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido.

Legit.ng gathered that Governor Adeleke, after attending the event, stayed abroad for weeks until his return on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Reacting to the Governor’s action, the APC's state chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, said Governor Adeleke’s prolonged absence shows he is neglecting his duties at home.

The criticism grew louder after photos and videos surfaced online showing the governor in what appeared to be a "beer parlour" in the US. “The more pathetic sight was when Governor Adeleke was sighted in another location in the United States, surrounded by some obscure men, beating a drum like a state chief executive who faces no urgency in providing good leadership for the people back home.”

Lawal expressed The opposition APC has seized on the images, accusing Adeleke of trivialising governance and wasting public funds on “frivolous foreign trips.”

The APC Chairman also accused the governor of reckless foreign travel expenses, alleging that his administration had already spent over N6 billion on trips since 2022.

Lawal claimed that the Governor spent N3.1 billion on travels in the first half of 2025 alone, N1.2 billion in 2024, and N753 million in 2023. He argued that there was no concrete foreign direct investment to justify these expenses.

The opposition party figure charges Governor Adeleke to stop deceiving the people of the State with his non-existent meeting with investors in the US. The party was curious as to which serious-minded investors would make a beer parlour the venue of a business meeting.

“That Governor Adeleke said he was wooing investors in a beer parlour in the United States of America is the crudest of jokes to be told by Osun State Government, whose governor has a pathetic record of squandering N3.1bn on frivolous foreign travels in the first half of 2025; N1.2 bn in 2024 and N753m in 2023,” Lawal stressed Lawal added that “The image of a sitting governor playing drums in a US clubhouse raises serious concerns about the seriousness of his leadership.”

The APC's allegations were swiftly dismissed by many PDP sympathisers and the Governor's loyalists One of such loyalists, who identified himself as Faleti Michael, asked the APC opposition to be mindful of their actions and not interfere in matters of governance. Faleti explained that, "On the issue of foreign trips, APC must be reminded that investment is not wooed by folding arms in Abere.

Serious governments engage with global investors and that is exactly what Governor Adeleke is doing. "The same APC leaders who junketed abroad for years without bringing a single kobo of investment into Osun should bury their heads in shame. Their attempt to trivialise Adeleke’s investor engagement as “beer parlour gist” only exposes their shallow thinking and contempt for progress."

"It is therefore laughable that these same APC leaders, who left behind monumental debts, empty coffers and a broken state, now seek to accuse Governor Adeleke, the very man painstakingly clearing their mess, of frivolity and waste.

Only bitter losers would contradict themselves by first accusing him of borrowing and now turning around to say he is “lavishing excess.” Where is the logic in their empty noise?" Faleti concluded.

Barely a year to the gubernatorial election in Osun State, the ruling PDP and the main opposition, APC, have asserted their influence to come victorious in the 2026 gubernatorial election.

Speaking with Legit.ng, the directors of Media and Publicity of the two parties expressed their confidence, relying on their “popularity” to win the election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced August 2026 as the month for the election to decide the next Governor of Osun state.