A faction of the Accord Party on Sunday held a parallel governorship primary, where Mr. Clement Bamigbola emerged as the faction’s governorship candidate for the 2026 Osun State election.
This came four days after Governor Ademola Adeleke emerged as the governorship candidate of the Accord party.
Adeleke was elected on Wednesday after polling 145 votes during the party primary, which was attended by the leadership of the Accord under Mr Maxwell Mgbudem.
However, another faction of the party rejected him, stating that Barrister Maxwell Ngbudem is not a legally backed National Chairman of the party.
In a fresh twist, on Sunday, 300 delegates of the Accord Party across Osun State elected Bamigbola as the factional party candidate during the exercise held at Regina Suite, Osogbo.
He emerged after a voice vote by the delegates and the electoral committee led by Mr. Olufemi Ogundare who pronounced him elected as candidate of the party for the 2026 poll.
But, in a reaction, Osun State Chairman of Accord party, Victor Akande, said Adeleke was duly nominated and elected candidate of the party for next year’s poll.
Speaking on a radio programme monitored by OSUN DEFENDER on Sunday afternoon, Akande dismissed insinuations that the primary election which produced the Governor was attended by all 11 members of the party’s National Working Committee, three INEC officials, media organisations and security agencies.
“Those who purportedly conducted the congress that happened today are no longer valid members of the Accord party. The two of them, Mr. Olufemi Ogunleye, our former Chairman in Lagos and Mr. Adewale Adebisi, an ex-chairman in Ogun State, both of whom we have expelled at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in January this year (2025).
“I have confirmed from INEC and the National Headquarters of our party and they told me they are not aware of what happened today.
“Our party is not factionalised at any level. The duly recognised structure of our party at the national level is available on the INEC website and that is the NWC that came here to conduct the primaries.
“What happened today is a mere sham. We are not bothered at all,” Akande noted.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
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