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OSUN IN TURMOIL Adeleke’s Re-Election Bid on the Brink as Accord Crisis Explodes

Emeka Williams

Osun State — Political tension is rising across the state following the sudden appearance of posters bearing the image of Clement Bamigbola Kolawole as a factional gubernatorial candidate of the Accord Party in several local government areas.

The development has triggered fresh controversy within the Accord structure, casting uncertainty over the political future of Governor Ademola Adeleke ahead of the coming election cycle.

At the center of the crisis is a pending case before the Federal High Court challenging the recognition by INEC of the Maxwell-led faction of the Accord Party, which reportedly produced Adeleke as its gubernatorial flagbearer.

In a dramatic twist, another group of party members has filed a fresh suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking the cancellation of the alleged banning of Maxwell and Ajaja as party executives. The new case, marked FHC/Abj/CS/351/2026, is expected to further intensify the internal struggle for control of the party.

Political analysts warn that a prolonged legal battle could weaken party cohesion and create uncertainty around candidate legitimacy if not swiftly resolved.

Beyond the courtroom disputes, the Adeleke administration is grappling with additional political headwinds.

Recent allegations concerning workers’ salary irregularities within the state government have generated public debate, though investigations and due legal processes are ongoing. Meanwhile, reports of defections by federal lawmakers from Osun to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have amplified concerns within the governor’s political camp.

Opposition voices argue that the cumulative impact of internal party instability and shifting political alliances could affect voter confidence. Supporters of the governor, however, insist that Adeleke retains significant grassroots appeal and remains a formidable force in Osun politics.

Political observers say the governor’s immediate survival strategy may depend on three critical factors: the outcome of the ongoing court cases, the ability to unify warring factions within the Accord Party, and sustained public confidence in his administration’s performance.

While factional crises are not uncommon in Nigerian politics, history suggests that prolonged internal disputes often reshape electoral landscapes in unpredictable ways.

As legal proceedings continue and political alignments evolve, Osun’s political atmosphere grows increasingly charged. Whether this turbulence signals a temporary storm or a decisive shift in the state’s power dynamics remains to be seen.

For now, one thing is certain: Osun is heading into a high-stakes political season where every court ruling, alliance, and defection could redefine the future of Governor Adeleke and the state’s leadership trajectory.

All of them are concerned about 2027. Them no send if people dey die or not.
SMH

Those haters go talk say nah APC cause this again.

Ooh what a what for my dancing governor.

E don red o baba... na wa for waya road

APC workings he could have gone to ADC

All na politics. They will sort themselves out.

Lobatan............... eleyi tun ga o ! for the sitting Governor to be floating politically is a concern

fmlala:
Lobatan............... eleyi tun ga o ! for the sitting Governor to be floating politically is a concern

He is an opportunist not a politician. A good politician will find all possible means to port to APC, can you imagine a sitting governor been rejected by APC! He is a gooner!!
If he wins through ballot, which I doubt, court will remove him.

He should go and continue his dancing in the night club as a stripper instead.

Vanpascore:
He is an opportunist not a politician. A good politician will find all possible means to port to APC, can you imagine a sitting governor been rejected by APC! He is a gooner!!

If he wins through ballot, which I doubt, court will remove him.

What would a good administrator do, since Adeleke is a better by far administrator than the Hafusa rogues in APC

Peacecore:
He should go and continue his dancing in the night club as a stripper instead.

While the wicked guys in APC return to their looting ways

Vanpascore:
He is an opportunist not a politician. A good politician will find all possible means to port to APC, can you imagine a sitting governor been rejected by APC! He is a gooner!!
If he wins through ballot, which I doubt, court will remove him.

I posted this before 2023 election that if Tinubu becomes president, make una forget about election in this country. Go and ask anyone working with INEC in Lagos, they will tell you what's up.

The APC is all out to get the Osun seat through whatever crooked means possible. People should just let this sink in their head and have peace of mind.

Tinubu and Politics of magomago is second to none, nobody comes close let alone beats him!

Tinubu and governance is nothing but rhetorics and propaganda!

The governor might not be on the ballot last last

They do not want to go to the polls. They are afraid but will still lose in August, that's a sure banker

IF IT'S TRUE ADC IS THE NEXT GOVERNOR, NI ROOM FOR APC AGAIN IN OSUN STATE

FashionCookie:
All of them are concerned about 2027. Them no send if people dey die or not.
SMH

Same format, same MO.
Since Tinubu came into power every single political party, civil organisation or pressure group that poses a threat is suddenly factionalised.
They cannot win elections, they cannot convince the people because they cannot perform. so they sabotage the opposition from the inside and steal thier way to power.

CAN faction
PDP faction
LP faction
ADC faction
SDP faction
NNPP
NLC faction
Ohaneze faction
Afenifere faction
NEF faction

Every single thing he touches he destroys

Why is it that humans are so wicked, what happens to live and let live.

fergie001:
They do not want to go to the polls. They are afraid but will still lose in August, that's a sure banker

They are afraid of going to the polls with the governor because of his achievement in every local government of the state.

All this is a gimmick to distract the governor.

He should had defected to ADC

anonimi:
While the wicked guys in APC return to their looting ways

With your little sense he's a saint??

destinychildolu:
I posted this before 2023 election that if Tinubu becomes president, make una forget about election in this country. Go and ask anyone working with INEC in Lagos, they will tell you what's up.

..abi..tinubu wants to control everything in Nigeria...the INEC , elections in Nigeria, political parties, all the states in Nigeria, court, EFCC, national assembly, police ..turn Nigeria to a one party state..it's a pity

Instead of them to cooperate among themselves.. opportunity for accord party to have a governor.. Adeleke has more chances of winning the election more better than the other candidate clement Bamigbola..so let them cooperate with Adeleke incumbent governor and win the election...or they is an external influence causing all this problems

Peacecore:
With your little sense he's a saint??

With your big 🧠, is he a worse rogue than APC leaders looters who failed to pay salaries and pensions when PDP’s deregulation and privatisation policies gave us 16 years of widespread prosperity and a strong Naira

ufotunang:
Instead of them to cooperate among themselves.. opportunity for accord party to have a governor..

Adeleke has more chances of winning the election more better than the other candidate clement Bamigbola..so let them cooperate with Adeleke incumbent governor and win the election...or they is an external influence causing all this problems

The OP is just deceiving himself thinking he is deceiving others.
Adeleke is a goal on 15 August.

Osun gov: INEC unveils details of candidates as Adeleke retains deputy
February 16, 2026 8:51 pm

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has retained his current deputy as his running mate for the August 8 governorship election.

Details published by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state on Monday also showed that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Oyebamiji, picked a former lawmaker who represented Ife North State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Tunde Olatunji, as his running mate.


https://punchng.com/osun-gov-inec-unveils-details-of-candidates-as-adeleke-retains-deputy/?amp

anonimi:
The OP is just deceiving himself thinking he is deceiving others.
Adeleke is a goal on 15 August.

..ok no problem..let us see what will happen then

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for Governor Adeleke to win a second term in Osun State. Those APC guys in the state are simply too much for him and his team to contend with.

Governor Adeleke does not seem to be helping himself either. You do not appear to have smart people around you to advise and guide you properly, and I also hear that you are concentrating infrastructural development only in your hometown, Ede.

Whoever thinks those factional members of the Accord party are acting alone is a novice. The fear of the apc is the beginning of .......

Oakenshield:
APC workings he could have gone to ADC

Has ADC coalifusion won any election?

ufotunang:
Instead of them to cooperate among themselves.. opportunity for accord party to have a governor.. Adeleke has more chances of winning the election more better than the other candidate clement Bamigbola..so let them cooperate with Adeleke incumbent governor and win the election...or they is an external influence causing all this problems

It's all about money. Was Bamigbola thinking of contesting before? Adeleke should call the other faction from the top to the state level and "find something" for them. They just want a bite of the cake.

Adeleke will beat APC blue black and Tinubu has assured not interfere bcoz Accord Party has understanding with Tinubu for 2027 general election.

Adeleke's defeat is imminent. He's a goner