Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called all Accord Party stakeholders and supporters in Osun State to close ranks, remain loyal to the party and mobilise massively for victory in the forthcoming governorship election, noting that the actions of a few individuals must not derail the party’s mission.
Olawepo-Hashim made the call after receiving the report of a seven-member committee of Accord Party stakeholders in Osun, which consulted widely and briefed him on recent political developments and the state of the party.
He urged members to reject anti-party activities and stressed that the future of Accord in Osun would be determined by the commitment and loyalty of its members, not by the actions of any individual.
Describing Adeleke’s recent actions as a betrayal of the Accord Party, Hashim said he would not respond by undermining the party’s electoral prospects in the state.
“Governor Ademola Adeleke has obviously acted as a disloyal party man, but I will not respond by engaging in anti-party activities in Osun. Two wrongs do not make a right,” he insisted.
In a related development, a support group of the 2027 presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Gbenga Hashim, popularly called the Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement (GHSM), has dismissed the reported endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 presidential bid by Governor Adeleke and some officials of the Accord Party, describing the move as unconstitutional and of no political consequence.
In a statement, yesterday, the group described the reported meeting in Osogbo as an “illegal, politically contrived and inconsequential gathering,” insisting that it lacked any constitutional authority to determine the party’s presidential direction.
GHSM maintained that the Accord Party had already produced Olawepo-Hashim as its presidential candidate through a nationwide direct primary conducted on May 30, 2026, in line with the Electoral Act and guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“No beer parlour meeting in Osogbo can determine the Presidential direction of the Accord Party. The mandate of Accord members given to Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim on May 30, 2026 cannot be traded inside any Government House.”