Accord: We Must Field Presidential Candidate in 2027, Else It’ll Affect Adeleke

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Fresh crisis might tearing down the Accord Party over the insistence of Governor Ademola Adeleke that the party should not field any presidential candidate against President Bola Tinubu at the 2027 general election.

Adeleke had been quoted as saying the Accord would not field a presidential candidate candidate at the 2027 general election because of its support for President Bola Tinubu reelection bid.

Osun State Chairman of the Accord Party, Pastor Victor Akande, during a radio programme, warned Governor Adeleke against actions capable of costing him his re-election.

Also, the Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement (GHSM) has cautioned that if the party did not field any presidential candidate like other political parties, it could be an albatross on Governor Adeleke.

The Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement (GHSM)  cautioned that the Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke rejection that Accord party would not field a presidential candidate in the 2027 general election could cause the governor his reelection bid this year.

In a statement by the South-West Coordinator of GHSM, Alhaji Abass Olaniyi, the movement said the comments credited to the Osun Accord Chairman regarding Adeleke’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu and Accord’s presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Hashim, were based on fabricated documents, deliberate misrepresentation of facts and a distortion of political timelines.

He stated that while Adeleke’s endorsement of President Tinubu was a carry-over from the PDP into Accord Party, the National leadership of Accord Party had already demonstrated its Presidential direction by actively lobbying Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim to join the party and contest the 2027 election.