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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
Ahead of the Osun governorship election, the Accord Party has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to be fair.
It also charged residents, especially voters to be law abiding and not allow political forces to truncate the electoral process..
The party’s National Publicity Secretary Joseph Omorogbe, in a statement yesterday, said the call because necessary sequel to alleged persistent violence and killing of its members.
Omorogbe claimed that its members have lost confidence in the ability and capacity of the Commissioner of Police to curb violence and politically motivated killings involving well known All Progressives Congress (APC) thugs who operate in broad daylight shooting sporadically across the state capital, Osogbo and Ede harassing, killing and injuring residents particularly Accord members and supporters.
He said the party has reported the attacks to the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS), “sadly no arrest has been made let alone prosecuting these criminal elements terrorising the good people of Osun State which give them the audacity and impunity to continue their dastardly acts.”
According to him, Accord has lost a number of its leaders, members and supporters in the state, and several others wounded in the APC orchestrated violence including attacks at the party’s state secretariat, Imole Campaign Council’s office and destruction of campaign billboards in the worst political violence in Osun State.
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“Our hearts still bleed over the gruesome killing of a 14-year-old boy identified as Ezekiel Olapade who was shot dead on Sunday, 21st June 2026, at Ilobu Community of Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State when political thugs associated with APC shot sporadically around the council’s secretariat when they sighted an Accord member wearing a party cap, in the process killed the boy while attempting to rescue his mother who fell into a ditch as they tried to escape the bullets.
“The party condemns in strong terms this dastardly attack, absolutely despicable and inhuman.
“Accord calls on President Bola Tinubu, the Inspector General of Police, the Director General Department of State Services and the National Security Adviser to intervene and restore public safety and order in the state. Enough is enough!
“Accordingly, the Inspector General of Police should as a matter of urgency transfer the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan for his inability to dispassionately discharge his duties of safeguarding lives and property in the state, and apprehending the known APC thugs perpetrating violence to face the full weight of the law.
“Politics is not a do-or-die affair. The political ambition of any electoral contestant does not worth the blood of fellow compatriots.
“Accord urges politicians to eschew politics of bitterness and brigandage that impedes the nation’s democracy and embrace issues-based campaigns, and allow the people to choose their governor peacefully. At the end, the ballot is stronger than the bullet.
“Any threat to democratic participation in the August 15 gubernatorial election in the state, is an attack on the nation’s democracy. It must be resisted by all lovers of representative governance,” he added.
