A fresh crisis is brewing in the Accord Party in Osun State as a faction of the party has just produced Clement Bamigbola as its governorship candidate for the 2026 Osun State election four days after the emergence of Governor Ademola Adeleke as the party’s flagbearer.
You would recall that Adeleke had emerged on Wednesday as the party’s candidate, being the sole guber aspirant in the party’s primaries.
Trouble started when a faction of the party rejected his emergence, insisting that Barrister Maxwell Ngbudem is not the legally recognised national chairman of the Accord Party.
It was gathered on Sunday that about 300 delegates of the Accord Party from across Osun State elected Bamigbola as the factional candidate during a primary held at Regina Suite, Osogbo.
Bamigbola emerged through a voice vote conducted by the delegates, after which the Chairman of the Primary Committee, Hon. Olufemi Ogundare, declared him the party’s candidate for the 2026 Osun State governorship election.
Following his declaration, Ogundare and other party leaders formally presented the party’s flag to Bamigbola ahead of the 2026 contest.
Similarly, the immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Bola Oyebamiji, has been confirmed as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for next year’s governorship election in Osun State.
Adeleke, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Accord Party, cited the internal crisis in the PDP as the reason for leaving. According to him, the people vote for candidates and not parties anymore, declaring his confidence to win reelection in 2026.
As at the time of filing this report, it is not clear if the crisis within his new party will be resolved any time soon.