The Accord Party has officially affirmed Governor Ademola Adeleke as its candidate for the 2026 Osun State governorship election, insisting that its primary election held on December 10, 2025, was conducted in full compliance with the Electoral Act, 2022.
Speaking at a press briefing in Minna, the National Treasurer of the party, Chief Abdulazeez Oyeniyi Salaudeen, said the election was supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and witnessed by media, security agents, and observers.
He disclosed that 150 delegates were accredited for the exercise, with Adeleke securing 145 valid votes, while five ballots were voided due to incorrect thumb printing. Salaudeen, who chaired the Electoral Committee, formally declared Adeleke the winner.
He also dismissed a parallel primary conducted by individuals allegedly expelled from the party in 2024, describing it as a destabilization attempt orchestrated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State.
“In Accord as a party, we don’t have party factions, instead we are united under the able leadership of Barr. Maxwell Ngbudem and the National Secretary, Hon. Adebukola Abiola Ajaja.
“We learned that some enemies of democracy who had been expelled from the party since early 2024 are saying that they conducted their own kangaroo election that was not known to INEC and the law.
“We are reiterating that we don’t know these people and we believe that they are being sponsored by All Progressives Congress (APC) party members in Osun State to cause confusion and to destabilize the party (Accord) for the people of Osun State.
“Accord (Party) in the North Central Zone, held their meeting last Saturday, 14th December 2025, and we affirmed and gave a vote of confidence on the leadership of the party,” he said.