The national leadership of Accord has dismissed reports about the suspension of its national chairman, Barr. Maxwell Mgbudem.
Reports claimed that expelled former presidential candidate of the party, Chris Imumolen, had suspended the national chairman. The party, however, described the story as laughable—a joke taken too far to massage his fallen political ego at a jamboree he staged in Keffi, Nasarawa State, with non-members of the party.
Accord disowned what it described as a jamboree in Keffi, Nasarawa State, saying it could only exist in the mindset of a political jobber seeking relevance.
“Having lost political relevance after his inordinate ambition to hijack the party in flagrant violation of the Accord constitution, his subsequent expulsion by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party on Wednesday, 20th November 2024, which he did not challenge, and the dismissal of the suit he instituted at the FCT High Court, Apo, which he also did not appeal against and has therefore become status-barred, Imumolen has been wandering in the political wilderness,” a statement signed by Joseph Omorogbe, Accord National Publicity Secretary, said.
“It is evident that Chris Imumolen is no longer a member of our great party, Accord, let alone able to call for a purported stakeholders’ meeting with political hirelings.
“The party will not give relevance to a drowning man looking for a straw to hold and create a false impression of a leadership disagreement in Accord.
“Barr. Maxwell Mgbudem remains the authentic national chairman of Accord, duly recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and listed on the Commission’s website. All members of the party are in one accord and will not be distracted by the activities of its expelled members and their sponsors, whose intention is to destabilise the party ahead of the 2027 general election.
“Accord, under the leadership of Barr. Mgbudem, has been reorganised and repositioned as a formidable, progressive mass movement in the quest for a better, greater, and prosperous democratic nation.
“The party urges Nigerians to ignore the political ranting of Imumolen, as his jamboree in Keffi is not an organ of the party and has no place in the Accord constitution. He merely craved cheap publicity to mislead unsuspecting members of the public.”
