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Accord Party Dismisses Reports of Internal Rancour
KINGSLEY BENNETH, ABUJA
ABUJA : The national leadership of Accord Party has dismissed reports of a disagreement within its ranks.
In a statement on Saturday, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Joseph Omorogbe insisted that all members of the party were “in one accord.”
He also stressed that Accord Party will not be distracted by the activities of expelled members and their alleged sponsors, whose intention the statement claimed is to destabilise the party ahead of the 2027 general election.
The statement also pointed out that the alleged suspension of its national chairman, Barr. Maxwell Mgbudem by a former presidential candidate of the party, Chris Imumolen is “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.”
The statement further said “Accord disowned the purported jamboree as the mindset of a political jobber seeking relevance.
“Having lost political relevance after his inordinate ambition to hijack the party in flagrant violation of 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 dismissal of the suit he instituted at the FCT High Court at Apo which he also did not appeal against and has become status barred, Imumolen has been wandering in political wilderness.
“Delivering judgement in the suit filed by Accord, Prof. Christopher Imumolen & 13 others against Barr. Maxwell Mgbedum, Maryam Saleh & 12 others in Suit No. CV/3823/24 and Motion No: M/11942/2024, by Justice Fatima A. Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, on 17th July 2025, the court ruled:
“From the totality of the issues and authorities considered, it is clear that the subject matter of this suit pertains to a non-justiciable intra-party leadership dispute, and the inclusion of Federal Government agencies as Defendants raises issues that lie solely within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court by virtue of Section 251(1)(p), (q), and (r) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
“In light of the foregoing, the Preliminary Objection succeeds. This suit is accordingly struck out for want of jurisdiction.”
“All pending applications and interim orders granted in this matter shall abide by this decision.”
“It is evident that Chris Imumolen is no longer a member of our great party, Accord, let alone to call for a purported stakeholders meeting with political hirelings.
“The party will not want to give relevance to a drowning man looking for a straw to hold and give false impression of a leadership disagreement in Accord.
“Barr. Maxwell Mgbedum remains the authentic national chairman of Accord duly recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and listed on the Commission’s website.
*Accord under the leadership of Barr. Mgbedum 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 Accord constitution. He merely craved cheap publicity to mislead unsuspecting members of the public.”
