Senator Olubiyi Fadeyi, who represents Osun Central Senatorial District, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing an alleged breach of agreements, lack of internal democracy and loss of confidence in the party’s leadership in Osun State.
Fadeyi announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, stating that the decision takes immediate effect.
He also confirmed that he has rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Nation recalls that the senator left the PDP for the APC in July 2025, attributing his defection to internal crises, prolonged litigations and what he described as a leadership vacuum in his former party.
However, he lost the APC ticket for the 2027 Osun Central Senatorial election to Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Barrister Kunle Adegoke, during the party’s primary in May 2026.
Explaining his latest decision, Fadeyi said he joined the APC in good faith to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his ancestral district after receiving assurances that he would secure the party’s senatorial ticket for the 2027 election.
According to him, he was made to understand that President Tinubu had approved his return ticket and communicated the decision to the party leadership in the state, believing the arrangement would be honoured in line with the principles of fairness, equity and internal democracy.
The senator, however, alleged that the Osun APC leadership failed to honour the agreement by not conducting the promised consensus process and transparent primary election, a development he said eroded trust and made his continued membership of the party untenable.
Fadeyi also expressed disappointment that while return tickets were allegedly granted to another serving senator and three members of the House of Representatives who defected alongside him, his own ticket was withheld without explanation.
He said he had expected his performance, loyalty and electoral value to be recognised, having defeated an incumbent APC senator in the 2023 general election.
Despite leaving the APC, Fadeyi declared that he remains ‘100 per cent committed’ to President Tinubu and the Renewed Hope Agenda, stressing that his resignation should not be interpreted as opposition to the President or his administration.
He said his decision was informed by the need to uphold democratic principles, mutual trust and respect for agreements, as well as the wishes of his constituents.
‘I am proud to inform you that I am joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),’ the senator stated in the letter.
Fadeyi thanked the APC leadership and members for the opportunity to serve in the party and wished them well, bringing to an end his stay in the ruling party after about 15 months.