The Chairman of the Accord Party in Osun State, Pastor Victor Akande, on Wednesday, said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will not have a candidate in the August 08, gubernatorial election in the state.
Akande stated this during the 51st edition of The Frontliners, organised by the Veteran Journalists Association, Osun State.
The Accord Party chairman also dismissed the suggestions of factions within the party in Osun, noting that those calling for the deregistration of the party were mischievous.
Akande said, “To the best of my knowledge, Umbrella is not going to be on the ballot paper on August 8th, 2026.
“There is no internal wrangling on our part. Before Senator Ademola Adeleke joined our party, we never had any faction. Those who are claiming factions, where are their factions? We’ve had primaries in Ekiti and Anambra states recently, where was the faction 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.
“You cannot describe the Accord Party as a non-performing party. Sometimes past, former governor Rashidi Ladoja came to our party to contest and he won four House of Representatives and 18 House of Assembly. Now we have an incumbent, the state Governor in our party. How can you say such a party is a non-performing party?”
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