The internal crisis rocking the Accord Party has intensified following the emergence of another governorship candidate for the 2026 Osun State election.

A faction of the party has conducted its own governorship primary, resulting in the emergence of Mr. Clement Bamigbola as its candidate.

Gossip News Now reports that Bamigbola’s emergence comes barely four days after Governor Ademola Adeleke was announced as the party’s flagbearer.

Recall that the faction led by Maxwell Mgbudem had earlier conducted a governorship primary on Wednesday, which produced Governor Adeleke as the party’s candidate.

However, another faction of the party rejected Adeleke’s emergence, arguing that Barrister Maxwell Mgbudem is not the legally recognised national chairman of the Accord Party.

In a new twist on Sunday, no fewer than 300 delegates from across Osun State converged at Regina Suite, Osogbo, where they elected Bamigbola as their factional governorship candidate.

Bamigbola was chosen through a voice vote by the delegates, after which the Chairman of the Primary Committee, Hon. Olufemi Ogundare, officially declared him the Accord Party’s candidate for the 2026 Osun State governorship election.