{"id":199737,"date":"2026-04-27T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation"},"modified":"2026-04-27T21:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:48:24","slug":"ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation","title":{"rendered":"Ibadan Summit Accord Denies Coalition Meeting Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Accord has denied participation in a meeting of 14 political parties in Ibadan, Oyo State, where the coalition resolved to field a single presidential candidate in the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n<p>Accord, in a statement signed by Joseph Omorogbe, its National Publicity Secretary, said it is not aware of the coalition meeting and did not send any member to represent the party, let alone endorse the resolutions reached, including fielding a joint candidate in the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is imprudent and unjust to include a political party in a coalition it was not a part of,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Accord said it strongly condemned the organisers for including its name in the list of political parties that participated in the meeting, despite the fact that the national leadership of Accord was not involved in any way.<\/p>\n<p>The party dissociated itself from the Ibadan political summit and warned politicians to desist from any action that will heat up the polity ahead of the 2027 polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical parties are free to form a coalition that will produce a joint presidential candidate, which should be restricted to the parties involved,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>It continued: \u201cAccord is embarrassed by the reckless action of the organisers and demands that its name be expunged immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party is focused on winning the Ekiti and Osun governorship polls, preparing for the 2027 general election, and will not be distracted by the intrigues of anti-democratic forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Accord Party urged citizens to be in one accord, adding that together, \u201cwe will build a stronger, better, and greater democratic society future generations will be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Accord has denied participation in a meeting of 14 political parties in Ibadan, Oyo State, where the coalition resolved to field a single presidential candidate in the 2027 general election. Accord, in a statement signed by Joseph Omorogbe, its National Publicity Secretary, said it is not aware of the coalition meeting and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ibadan Summit Accord Denies Coalition Meeting Participation - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Accord has denied participation in a meeting of 14 political parties in Ibadan, Oyo State, where the coalition resolved ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ibadan Summit Accord Denies Coalition Meeting Participation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Accord has denied participation in a meeting of 14 political parties in Ibadan, Oyo State, where the coalition resolved ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T19:42:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T20:48:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777322866.363044.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ibadan Summit Accord Denies Coalition Meeting Participation\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T19:42:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-27T20:48:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation\"},\"wordCount\":282,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777322866.363044.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-summit-accord-denies-coalition-meeting-participation\",\"name\":\"Ibadan Summit Accord Denies Coalition Meeting Participation - 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