Democracy Must Not Be Stifled: Accord Party Celebrates Appeal Court Lifeline, Welcomes 10,000 APC Defectors Ahead of Osun Guber Polls
The political landscape of Osun State has been reshaped by a whirlwind of legal triumphs and high-stakes defections, injecting massive momentum into the re-election campaign of Governor Ademola Adeleke ahead of the August 15, 2026, governorship election.
Speaking live on TVC News Politics Tonight from Oshogbo, the spokesperson for the Accord Campaign Council, Hon. Pelumi Olajegbe, expressed immense relief and validation following the Court of Appeal’s decisive order staying the execution of a controversial Federal High Court judgment that had ordered the deregistration of the Accord Party alongside four other political associations.
Olajegbe fiercely criticized the initial ruling delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, labeling it an anomaly "not known to law" and praising the appellate court for stepping in to preserve Nigeria's multi-party democracy.
"What we have just seen today is the justification of the fact that the judiciary remains the backbone of the people and the backbone of democracy," Olajegbe stated.
"Democracy must not be stifled in Nigeria. This should send a very strong signal to those who orchestrated the very sad narrative we experienced yesterday that this country belongs to everyone."
The legal victory perfectly coincided with a massive political shift at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park in Osogbo, where the Accord Party officially flagged off Governor Adeleke’s re-election campaign.
The event served as a reception ground for over 10,000 defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC), primarily consisting of fiercely loyal supporters of the former APC National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore.
Representing the defectors, Folu Mishai openly attributed their mass exit to the APC’s internal high-handedness and its refusal to grant Senator Omisore the 2026 governorship ticket.
Mishai added that the visible infrastructural and educational strides recorded by Governor Adeleke over the last three and a half years made aligning with his current political platform an easy choice for the progressive elements in the state.
Dismissing critics who claim Accord is merely acting as a temporary "landing ground" for disgruntled politicians, Olajegbe argued that the APC in Osun is structurally broken and "synonymous with injustice."
He countered claims from the opposition that Governor Adeleke is more famous for his dancing than his governance, pointing to systemic overhauls in Osun’s civil sector.
"They are trusting an impossibility that perhaps Accord Party may not be on the ballot, and that is the only thing they rely on... Before the coming of Governor Ademola, our educational sector was in a terrible situation.
Today, our children are writing WAEC and NECO and they are leading across the country. The performance is not in doubt."
Addressing the roaring crowd of thousands, Governor Adeleke re-affirmed his administration's commitment to continuous grassroots development, vowing that his track record of defeating the APC in past matches would repeat itself seamlessly come August 15, regardless of the political platform he navigates from.
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