Accord Party chieftain, Pelumi Olajengbesi, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has scored an own goal with the appointment of Wole Oke as the Director General of the party’s campaign team ahead of the August 15 governorship poll in Osun State.

In a statement on Tuesday, Olajengbesi, a lawyer and the convener of the Imole Grassroots Mobilisation Network, a support movement advocating the re-election of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, said Oke has zero “electoral value” despite serving as a federal lawmaker for over 24 years.

Olajengbesi said the defeat of the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, has become “cheaper and easier” with Oke’s appointment.

His words: “I have just read that the All Progressives Congress in Osun State has appointed Wole Oke as its campaign director general for the August governorship election.

“This is a pitiable development for the APC, as the defeat of its candidate has been made even easier with the appointment of a federal lawmaker with no significant achievement for 24 years as campaign director general.

“Oke, in the euphoria of his new position, was quoted to have said ‘Governor Ademola Adeleke should start packing his loads from Government House’ and that he (Oke) is a specialist at removing a sitting governor.

“Let me state unequivocally that only the people of Osun State reserve the constitutional right to remove a sitting governor through the ballots.

“Oke should not bother deceiving Oyebamiji with false hope, as the people of Osun State are in love with Governor Ademola Adeleke and his giant strides across all sectors in the state.

“One thing is clear: the people of Osun State will reject Oke and his principal at the poll just as they rejected former gov Gboyega Oyetola at the 2022 election, even though Oyetola was the incumbent.

“Osun people have seen light, and one thing is therefore certain: they don’t want to return to darkness; hence, Imole is their default choice in the coming poll.”