#OsunDecides2026: Over 60 Accord Party members in police detention – Adeleke’s campaign organisation
Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cleared 13 political parties to participate in the election after the withdrawal of the APGA candidate, Adeshina Adeyemi-Doro, the contest is expected to be between three leading candidates: Mr Adeleke of the Accord Party, Bola Oyebamiji of the APC and Najeem Salaam of the ADC.
The deployment followed months of demands by the state government for the removal of the former commissioner, Ibrahim Gotan, whom it accused of partisanship and of favouring one political party in handling election-related security issues.
The campaign spokesperson, Pelumi Olajengbesi, who spoke with journalists after submitting the petition, accused the police in Osun State of intimidating the governor’s supporters ahead of the election.
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