Adeleke has abandoned Accord Party national assembly candidates, faction alleges

A faction within the Osun State chapter of the Accord Party has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of abandoning the party by accepting a role as the State Coordinator for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council. In a strongly worded statement, Yusuf Adegboye, a factional leader, accused Adeleke of engaging in systematic political sabotage and suggested that the governor had joined the Accord Party only to undermine it from within, repeating tactics he had used against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the past.

Adegboye highlighted the moral and tactical inconsistency of Adeleke leading a rival party’s campaign while his own party's candidates also competed on the same ballot. He questioned how a governor elected under the Accord Party platform could simultaneously campaign for the APC presidential candidate and urge voters to vote against the APC legislative candidates in favor of the Accord Party's candidates.

The dispute revolves around Adeleke's dual roles in the campaign, with Adegboye asserting that his acceptance of the APC campaign position effectively means that the Governor has abandoned Osun State's Accord Party candidates and handed victory to the opposition.