The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Accord Party has dismissed the purported suspension of its National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Joseph Omorogbe, on Friday described the move by a splinter faction as “laughable” and the handiwork of political jobbers seeking relevance.
Omorogbe stated that the claim announced at a stakeholders’ meeting in Keffi, Nasarawa State was spearheaded by former presidential candidate Chris Imumolen, whom the party insists had long been expelled.
According to him, the vote of no confidence was a joke taken too far, stressing that Imumolen merely craved cheap publicity to mislead unsuspecting members of the public.
“Maxwell Mgbudem remains the authentic national chairman of Accord, duly recognised by 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 Mgbudem, has been reorganised and repositioned as a formidable progressive mass movement in the quest for a better, greater and prosperous democratic nation,” he stated.
This is coming barely 24 hours after a faction of state chairmen from all 36 states met in Keffi, announcing Mgbudem’s suspension over alleged anti-party activities and naming Imumolen as national chairman.
However, the party leadership cited a Federal High Court judgment and accused the duo of colluding with external political actors in the Anambra governorship election—claims the mainstream leadership has now dismissed as fabrication.