Professor Abiodun Ayandele has been announced as Accord’s Deputy Governorship candidate in Oyo state in the 2023 general elections
Professor Ayandele is a professor of microbiology from Ogbomoso, Oyo state, from family of late Chief Ayo Aflù, a prominent leader in the ogbomoso
The selection of Professor Ayandele, 49, as the Deputy Governorship candidate was announced by Senator Ayo Adeseun, a party leader who said her selection was in the best interests of the people and the party.
In her acceptance address, Professor Ayandele pledged that, if given the governorship mandate and win the general election in 2023, she would work with Chief Bayo Adelabu to advance democracy.
At the event, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the flag bearer for the Accord, also selected Chief Adegboyega Adegoke as the director general of the party’s campaign team and Senator Ayo Adeseun, a former national lawmaker, as chairman of the Joint Campaign Council.
The party however used the occasion to introduce it’s candidates across all senatorial, house of Reps and assembly, including Accord’s Senatorial Candidate for Oyo South, Idris Kolapo Kola-Daisi to party supporters.