Accord has condemned the assassination attempt on its Osogbo Local Government Area Chairman, Asimiyu Ajibola, calling it a politically motivated act.
The party further asks that the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services conduct a thorough investigation to identify and prosecute the perpetrators of the heinous act.
The Osun State ruling party said it was grateful to the Almighty for preserving the life of the party Chairman while praying for quick recovery for him.
Two gunmen were claimed to have opened fire on a Toyota Corolla transporting the party Chairman and his companions in Osogbo’s MDS area on Wednesday night, June 3, 2026, resulting in bullet wounds.
He was rushed to the University Teaching Hospital Osun State where doctors are battling to save his life.
The party condemned the attacks on its members ahead of the state’s governorship election on August 12, 2026, calling them disgusting, barbaric, vile, and cruel.
Accord, in a statement issued by its National Chairman, Barrester Maxwell Mgbudem, stated that its members have recently been the victims of political violence in Osun State.
“Thugs associated with the opposition All Progressives Congress in the state have severally attacked Accord, Imole Campaign and public properties including billboards and party secretariat in attempt to harass, intimidate and subdue our members aware that the people have rejected their party,” Accord stated.
“Sadly, security agencies where notified of the plots with a view to averting them, yet they were executed under their watch, and nobody has been prosecuted for these heinous crimes.
“Enough is enough of this political violence. It is obvious that the ballot is stronger than the gun.”
Accord stated that it abhors political hostility in all of its forms and has been pushing issue-based politics and campaigns ahead of the 2017 gubernatorial race.
It added, “Let it be clear that our great party will not be cowed, intimidated and suppressed by anti-democratic and reactionary forces in Osun State.
“Osun State is an Accord stronghold with a pro-people Governor who has transformed the state and delivered dividends of democracy to citizens. He deserves a second term in office. The decent people of Osun State agree with Governor Ademola Adeleke.
“Together, Osun State will be taken to a new level of development and prosperity.”
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