INEC Disowns Alleged Accord Party Factional Governorship Primary in Osun

INEC disowns alleged Accord Party factional governorship primary in Osun

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Osun State has stated that it was not notified of any governorship primary conducted by a faction of the Accord Party, following reports of a parallel exercise held on Sunday. The disputed primary reportedly took place in Osogbo, the state capital, where a faction announced Bamigbola Clement as its candidate for the August 8, 2026, governorship election. Bamigbola, presented as the sole asp…

Osun Gov'ship: Another Accord Party Candidate Emerges

A faction of the Accord Party on Sunday conducted another governorship primary election in Osun State, producing Clement Bamigbola as its candidate for the 2026 election. The development came days after the party held a governorship primary in Osogbo that produced Governor Ademola Adeleke as the Accord Party’s candidate, following his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Reacting to the fresh primary, the faction that produced Ad…

INEC Rejects Involvement in Accord Party’s Factional Osun Governorship Primary - TV360 Nigeria

Amid reports of a factional governorship primary in Osun State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it neither received notice nor monitored such an exercise. INEC said it only monitored the duly notified Accord Party governorship primary conducted earlier in Osogbo, the state capital, and has since submitted its report on that exercise. A faction of the Accord Party was reported to have held a parallel primary on Sunday, p…

Osun 2026: Parallel primary conducted by APC proxies - Accord State Party Chairman

The Osun State Chairman of the Accord Party, Pastor Victor Akande, has dismissed reports of a purported parallel governorship primary allegedly conducted in the name of the party. Akande also described the exercise as illegal and misleading. The Accord Party chairman made the clarification during a press conference held in Osogbo on Sunday, accusing unknown individuals of impersonating members of the Accord to undermine the party’s electoral pro…

Osun 2026: Accord Party Disowns Factional Primary, Affirms Adeleke As Sole Governorship Candidate

The Osun State chapter of the Accord Party has dismissed a purported governorship primary conducted by a faction of the party, affirming that Governor Ademola Adeleke remains the sole and duly nominated governorship candidate of the party for the 2026 Osun State governorship election. The party’s state chairman, Pastor Babalola Akande, made the clarification on Sunday... The post Osun 2026: Accord Party Disowns Factional Primary, Affirms Adeleke…

Another Accord Party governorship candidate emerges in Osun State

A faction within the Accord Party has conducted its own primary, resulting in the emergence of Mr. Clement Bamigbola as its candidate for the Osun State governorship election coming up in 2026.   This development comes just four days after Governor Ademola Adeleke was declared the party’s flagbearer in a separate exercise.   Earlier in the week, under the leadership of Maxwell Mgbudem, the party had held a primary that produced Adeleke, who just…