By Abubakar Yunusa
The national leadership of Accord has dismissed the purported suspension of its National Chairman, Barrister Maxwell Mgbudem, describing it as a “laughable charade” orchestrated by the party’s expelled former presidential candidate, Christopher Imumolen.
Accord said the action was a failed attempt by Imumolen to massage his “fallen political ego” at what it called a jamboree he allegedly organised in Keffi, Nasarawa State, with persons who are not members of the party.
In a statement on Saturday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Joseph Omorogbe, said Accord completely disowned the gathering, branding it an act of desperation by “a political jobber seeking relevance.”
Omorogbe said Imumolen had been “wandering in political wilderness” since his expulsion by the National Executive Committee on 20 November 2024 for what the party described as attempts to hijack its structure in violation of its constitution.
He noted that Imumolen neither challenged his expulsion nor appealed against the dismissal of the suit he filed at the FCT High Court, Apo.
Delivering judgment in Suit No. CV/3823/24, Justice Fatima Aliyu had struck out the case on 17 July 2025, ruling that the matter was a non-justiciable intra-party leadership dispute and fell outside the jurisdiction of the court.
“All pending applications and interim orders shall abide by this decision,” the judge held.
Accord insisted that Imumolen is no longer a member of the party and lacks the authority to convene any stakeholders’ meeting.
“The party will not give relevance to a drowning man seeking a straw,” Omorogbe said, adding that no leadership dispute exists within the party.
According to him, Mgbudem remains the duly recognised National Chairman of Accord, as reflected on the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The party said it has since been reorganised and repositioned under Mgbudem’s leadership as a progressive movement ahead of the 2027 general election.
It urged Nigerians to disregard Imumolen’s “political ranting,” insisting that the so-called Keffi meeting “has no place in Accord’s constitution” and was merely staged to mislead the public.
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