Osun election: Election is not warfare, stop militarising it — Accord tells FG

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA — The Accord Party, on Friday, demanded the immediate resignation of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, accusing the anti-graft agency of partisanship and interference in the August 15 governorship election in Osun State.

The party said the demand followed the EFCC’s now-reversed freezing of the Osun State Government’s bank account, which it described as the latest in a series of actions that had heightened fears of institutional interference in the state’s electoral process.

Speaking at a world press conference in Abuja, Accord National Chairman, Chief Maxwell Mgbudem, said the party had lost confidence in the EFCC leadership and called on President Bola Tinubu to sack its chairman if he failed to resign.

“Having demonstrated unprecedented partisanship in the Osun State politics, assaulted the sensibilities of fellow compatriots and brought the nation to ridicule and disrepute before the international community, Accord has lost confidence in the current leadership of the EFCC,” Mgbudem said.