Controversy has erupted ahead of the August 8, 2026 governorship election in Osun State as the Accord Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) differed over whether the PDP will appear on the ballot.
AFRESH247 recalls that following the emergence of Adeleke as the Accord Party governorship candidate on December 10, 2025, another faction of the party held another primary in Osogbo, which produced Clement Bamigbola as the candidate.
Speaking in Osogbo on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Accord Party in Osun State, Mr Victor Akande, claimed that the PDP would not be on the ballot paper for the forthcoming poll.
According to him, “To the best of my knowledge, the umbrella (PDP logo) is not going to be on the ballot paper on August 8th, 2026.
“There is no internal wrangling in our party. Before Senator Ademola Adeleke joined our party, we never had any faction. Those who are claiming factions, where are their factions? We have had primaries in Ekiti and Anambra states recently, where was the faction was there then?
“Why is it that it was when Ademola Adeleke joined the party that a faction came up? We know quite well those who are behind those so-called factions because one of their leaders came out openly, when they knew that their plans had failed,” Akande said.
Reacting, the Osun State PDP Caretaker Secretary, Seyi Bamidele, dismissed Akande’s claims, describing them as “a joke taken too far.”
He said, “Saying that a party that has structure across the board will not have a candidate in the August 08 gubernatorial election? I want to tell you boldly that the PDP will have a candidate and will be on the ballot. We have met necessary conditions to be on the ballot.
“People believe in our party, they are going to vote for us and we are going to win the election,” Bamidele said.
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