The Accord Party in Osun State has confirmed the incumbent governor of the state, Ademola Adeleke, as the lawful candidate to represent the party in the August 8, 2026, Osun Governorship Election.
Chairman of the party in Osun State, Babalola Akande, disclosed this at a press conference held in Osogbo on Sunday to debunk the nomination of a factional candidate.
Akande stated that the emergence of Governor Adeleke followed due process and was in compliance with the Electoral Act 2022.
He further stated that any person parading himself as a factional candidate of the party for the 2026 governorship election in the state was unknown to law and established judicial precedents.
Akande said Governor Adeleke was the sole candidate who participated in the party’s governorship primary election held last Wednesday, where he won votes from 145 out of 150 accredited delegates.
He said, “Let me state with absolute finality that Governor Ademola Adeleke is the duly nominated and lawful governorship candidate of the Accord in Osun State.
“This position is incontestable, irreversible, and firmly grounded in law, having emerged through due process in accordance with the Constitution of the Accord, the Electoral Act 2022, and established judicial precedents.”
Akande explained that under the law in Nigeria, only recognised political parties with duly constituted organs are authorised to conduct primary elections, describing the actions of another “Accord Party” as a mere charade.
Under the Electoral Act 2022, only recognised political parties acting through their duly constituted organs can lawfully conduct congresses or primary elections, after giving proper notice to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Any “primary” conducted outside this framework is illegal, null, void, and of no legal consequence whatsoever.”
The state party chairman urged residents of the state and the general public to disregard the news of the election of another candidate for the party, calling it a mere distraction orchestrated to derail the party’s peacefully conducted primary.
“The good people of Osun State are therefore urged to ignore these distractions, which are the handiwork of politically displaced actors who, having been repeatedly rejected by the electorate, now resort to impersonation, falsehood, and institutional sabotage in a futile bid to return to power through the back door,” he stated.
The Chairman reiterated that the Accord Party remains united, vigilant, and fully prepared to work with the people of Osun State for a renewed mandate for Governor Ademola Adeleke.