The Accord has disowned Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim as its presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The Party said it did not produce a

2027: Accord Party disowns Olawepo-Hashim’s candidacy, refunds N50m nomination fee The national leadership of Accord on Wednesday disowned Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, insisting that the party neither conducted a presidential primary nor produced any candidate for the race. The party’s National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbuden, made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja. The rebuttal comes two days after Olawepo-Hashim’s media office announced his emergence after alleged affirmation primaries that witnessed a massive turnout of party members and supporters across participating states. However, Mgbuden insisted that the purported exercise that produced him was not recognised by the national leadership and amounted to nothing more than a gathering organised by his supporters. He said, “The purported presidential primary where he emerged as the ‘presidential candidate of Accord’ as widely reported in the national media was not conducted by our great party…

The group made this known in a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Abdulrazaq Hamzat.