Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has describes Monday’s judgment deregistering Accord Party as an abuse of court process and violation of court of appeal order.

Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, ordered the deregisteration of Accord Party and four other by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

But Adeleke, reacting to the judgement faulted the journey judgement, describing it as an attempt to distract the party.

This was contained in a statement issued in Osogbo on Monday by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed.

Adeleke argued that the Court of Appeal had already ordered a stay of proceedings on the matter.

He expressed surprise that the lower court proceeded to deliver judgment despite the subsisting order.

“It is on record before Honourable Justice Peter Lifu that the record of proceedings of the Court of Appeal of 22nd May, 2026 was put before his Lordship as Exhibit MAC 2.

“The Court of Appeal specifically pronounced that the delivery of the judgment is still part of the proceedings of the court,” the statement partly read.

The governor urged residents to remain calm, insisting that the appellate court would hear the matter on Tuesday, and expressed confidence that the situation would be resolved in favour of his party.

“I call on Osun people to remain calm and be assured that our rights will be affirmed and our party, the Accord, will be on the ballot on August 15th.

“We will not only be on the ballot, we will win overwhelmingly the forthcoming governorship election. We should remain calm and forge ahead with mobilisation of our people.

“I also want to assure our people that the flag-off of our campaign is holding as scheduled tomorrow. They want to distract us. We are going ahead and we are winning this election. Our lawyers are taking all the necessary steps to right the wrong,” the governor said.