The Kwara State publicity secretary of the [Accord Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accord_(Nigeria)), Olamilekan Esinrogunjo, announced that the party will continue to position itself as the only genuine opposition platform in the state, warning that the Rainbow Coalition’s mixed stance of opposing the APC locally while backing President [Bola Ahmed Tinubu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola_Ahmed_Tinubu) nationally is contradictory and unlikely to win voters ahead of the 2027 elections.
Esinrogunjo said the party’s focus is on concrete policy proposals, grassroots mobilisation and what he termed a “new direction” for [Kwara State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwara_State). He urged the electorate to look beyond the frequent movement of politicians between the two dominant parties and to evaluate platforms based on their programmes, candidates, track records and ability to solve the state’s challenges.
What does the Accord Party propose?
The party’s publicity secretary stressed that genuine opposition must be measured by substance, not by the personal ambitions of elite politicians. He dismissed the notion that high‑profile defections automatically translate into votes, noting that “politicians can move from one party to another, but votes do not move automatically with them.”
Why is the Rainbow Coalition seen as flawed?
Esinrogunjo argued that the coalition, which brings together opposition forces in [Kwara State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwara_State) while simultaneously supporting the APC’s presidential candidate, lacks a coherent message. He described the alliance as “more noise than impact,” built on elite realignments rather than a demonstrable transfer of grassroots support.
“You cannot claim to be opposition in Kwara and, at the same time, ask the same people to support the APC at the presidential level. That contradiction is one of the fundamental problems of the [Rainbow Coalition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Coalition),” he said.
What is at stake for the 2027 elections?
According to Esinrogunjo, the upcoming polls will not be decided by defections, endorsements or elite pacts alone. Success will hinge on a party’s capacity to connect with ordinary voters from the presidential race down to state assembly contests. “Kwara is not anybody’s political inheritance. The people own their votes, and they will decide who gets their mandate,” he concluded.