By Ayobami Ife, Abeokuta
Leaders of the Southwest zone of the ACCORD party have raised an alarm over alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to instigate crisis of confusion and division in the Osun State chapter of the ACCORD, vowing that every underhand tactics of APC in Osun will fail.
The zonal ACCORD leaders accused the APC of scheming to plunge Osun into unrest with the planned move to conduct an illegal primary election in the name of ACCORD on Monday, December 15, 2025, ostensibly to produce a parallel Governorship candidate to the incumbent Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, who is already the party’s flag bearer for the August 2026 governorship election in the state.
In a statement by Hon. Oke Rotimi Michael, State Chairman, ACCORD, Ogun State who also doubles as the Spokesman, Forum of South West ACCORD Chairmen, they noted that, the APC has resorted to underhand tactics by sponsoring one of its own card-carrying members, Mr. Segun Alex Ayodele Fanibe, to create a false impression of an ACCORD aspirant.
According to the statement made available to The Daily Crucible on Sunday, the planned illegal primary election is driven with the sole intention of instigating internal crisis within ACCORD and causing a breach of the peace of Osun State.
“For the avoidance of doubt and to put all speculations to rest, verifiable records clearly establish that Mr. Fanibe has no affiliation whatsoever with the ACCORD both at the Unit, Ward, Local Government, State and National level
It read in full:”As it stands, it is now glaring that All Progressives Congress (APC) is settled to foment trouble, disunity, confusion, and possibly unrest in Osun State, through their plan to conduct an illegal and a parallel primary election fraudulently paraded in the name of ACCORD on Monday, 15th December 2025. This unfolding scheme is yet another desperate act by the APC. What is the problem with APC? If the party is going down the drain, as a result of their past antecedents, why don’t they go down all alone? Why try to pull other political parties down along with them like they did in PDP, LP, and trying to do in ADC and ACCORD?
“Truly, APC is evidently unsettled by the growing wave of acceptance, goodwill, and mass support currently enjoyed by the incumbent Governor of Osun State, and also the Gubernatorial Candidate of ACCORD, in the forthcoming governorship election of Osun State, come August, 2026, H.E, Governor Ademola Adeleke, following his open declaration of affiliation with the ACCORD.
“Since the APC cannot match his political momentum, popularity, and organic support across the entirety of all the Local Governments in Osun State, the APC resorts to underhand tactics: sponsoring one of its own card-carrying members, Mr. Segun Alex Ayodele Fanibe, to create a false impression of an ACCORD aspirant. This is with the sole intention of instigating internal crisis within ACCORD and causing a breach of the peace of Osun State.
“For the avoidance of doubt and to put all speculations to rest, verifiable records clearly establish that Mr. Fanibe has no affiliation whatsoever with the ACCORD both at the Unit, Ward, Local Government, State and National level. More damning is the incontrovertible fact that he actively participated in the recently concluded APC governorship primary election, that elected AMBO, as their candidate. This single act alone renders any claim of membership or aspiration under ACCORD of any moral consequence. He is a liar, political jobber, a shameless man, a man of no integrity, and that lives on the livelihood of falsehood.
“This reckless and provocative attempt to attack ACCORD as a political party of peace shall not stand — politics impersonation, falsehood, and calculated provocation, can’t work again, the people are more wiser, than they are thinking. For just like any house that is built on a false foundation collapses, so shall their plans be destroyed. We remain confident that as always, God will continue to expose them.
“Osun State has chosen the path of peace, performance, and purposeful leadership, and that is, H.E Gov. Ademola Adeleke. No act of political mischief can overturn the collective will of the people. Therefore, we urge the good people of Osun State to remain vigilant and discerning and not fall prey to the antics of political comedians who have clearly lost touch with the will and aspirations of the people.”
