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Calls Meeting in Ex-Governor’s Residence Evil
- Safiu Kehinde
The Osun State Chapter of the Accord Party has accused the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, and former governor of the state, Chief Bisi Akande, of alleged plot to kill opposition leaders in the state.
Accord the allegation following a close-door meeting held by the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains at Akande’s residence.
In what it described as an evil political meeting, Accord, in a statement issued on Sunday by its State Chairman, Pastor Victor Akande, alleged plot to compromise the forthcoming governorship election in August with plan to assassinate prominent leaders of the party.
Akande described the alleged plot as a reprehensible descent which further reinforced imminent of the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji.
“Our attention has been drawn to an evil political meeting held at the residence of Chief Bisi Akande by chieftains of the Osun state All Progressives Congress(APC). We note all the details and we conclude that the Osun APC has finally conceded defeat ahead of the August 15th polls.
“We are firstly disappointed that the calibre of people gathered at the said meeting could descend as low as to contemplate political killings of prominent Accord leaders as well as other illegal and unconstitutional actions towards compromising the August elections.
“This development is a reprehensible descent into political perdition which has further reinforced the imminent defeat of Bola Oyebamiji on August 15th.” Akande said.
The Accord Party’s chairman called on President Bola Tinubu to reject what he considered as failed plans of the Osun APC tendered at his desk.
He accused the Oyetola and Oyebamiji of destroying the Osun APC while recounting how the former had blocked every effort by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, to join the party.
“Now that the Osun APC has openly accepted defeat, we call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ignore and reject the failed plans of the Osun APC.
“We call the attention of Mr President to the genesis of current development which stemmed from Oyetola/Oyebamiji’s lack of capacity both in government and in the management of political parties.
“The duo not only failed while in government, but they destroyed the Osun APC which was handed over to them on a platter of gold.
“It is not the fault of the Osun Accord that Oyetola/Oyebamiji could not manage the Osun APC, leading to the exit of prominent figures and daily resignation from the party.
“The Oyetola caucus was so non-inclusive and rapidly dictatorial that the Osun APC lost over 60 percent of its followership in 2026 alone.
“It is also on record that Governor Ademola Adeleke actually yielded to the invitation to join President Tinubu for the re-election project, but the Marine Minister blocked him despite interventions by prominent presidency officials.” The Accord Party chieftain said.
Akande further accused Oyetola of working against the interest of the president, describing the Osun APC as the ghost of its former self.
He charged Tinubu to reject all the Osun APC’s proposal to him while warning against the alleged assassination plot and plans to rig the forthcoming election.
“The minister appears to prioritise his undeclared agenda against even the best interest of Mr President. Osun APC is today the ghost of its old self.
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the shameless resort to violence and unethical strategies of the Osun APC leadership.
“We specifically task Mr President to reject all the evil proposals already forwarded to his table.
“Those details like killings of Accord leaders, directing military and other security agencies to outrightly rig Osun elections, and the open push to compromise the electoral commissions are dangerous ploys that constitute a grievous threat to all democrats and national democratic life of the nation.” He said.
The Osun Accord Party chairman charged residents and indigenes of the state reject what he considered as scaremongering and psychological warfare plotted by the APC.
He urged them to remain vigilant in defence of their right to vote and be voted for.
“We also charge Osun people to remain vigilant and unwavering in the defence of their rights to vote and be voted for. No stone will be left unturned to protect the sanctity and integrity of the electoral process.
“We task Osun people to reject scaremongering, the psychological warfare designed to water down the democratic resolve of our people. Osun APC is on its knees; it is defeated; and final defeat shall come on August 15th.
“As Governor Adeleke put it, we shall vote, our votes shall count, we shall be victorious and we shall reach the promised land by the grace of God and massive support of the people.” Akande added.