‘Parties Jittery, Overwhelmed By Accord Party’s Sudden Electoral Popularity’

Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, has identified Accord Party as the winning platform for his principal in the forthcoming 2026 gubernatorial polls, saying the All Progressives Congress (APC)  is currently jittery over the party’s sudden popularity.

Responding to Hon Wole Oke’s call for the deregistration of the Accord, Mallam Rasheed mocked the lawmaker for working overtime to satisfy the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, asserting that Oke has become a laughing stock in his ridiculous quest to please his new masters.

The spokesperson, in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday, faulted the lawmaker for his degeneration into outright illegal advocacy after realising that Accord has become a party of victory within a short span of its unveiling of Governor Adeleke as its flag bearer.

He charged the lawmaker to embrace the negative consequences of his political betrayals and lick his wounds of rejection and isolation.

Rasheed, who questioned the obsession of the APC hierarchy with either deleting Accord from the electoral registry or preventing Governor Adeleke from participating in the gubernatorial contest, wondered why the APC gubernatorial candidate is scared of facing the electorate, who have made up their minds to re-elect the incumbent.

“As the APC is desperately working to financially strangulate Osun State by withholding local government allocations in the evil scheme to punish the voters into submission, it is equally plotting to destroy the ruling party in the state. That is not democracy; that is a recipe for democratic chaos.

“The APC strategy so far is built on undemocratic plots and scheming rather than contend with the electorate who have serious questions for Mr Bola Oyebamiji and the top hierarchy of the APC. If the APC is confident of its electoral strength, the party should abandon its plot to undermine the Accord and let the fight be taken directly to the voters.

He noted the governor has delivered across sectors, with Osun emerging the best in the south west on primary health care; with Osun moving from 33rd position under APC to number 7th position in NECO and WAEC ratings; with the sport sector undergoing policy reform under an ongoing five-star upgrade and renovation of Osogbo city stadium, among others.