The national working committee (NWC) of Accord has dismissed the suspension of Maxwell Mgbudem as the party’s national chairman.
On Thursday, a faction of the party, including some state chairmen, suspended Mgbudem and named Christopher Imumolen, the 2023 presidential candidate, as the new chairman.
The party had expelled Imumolen in November 2024 over alleged gross misconduct.
In a statement issued on Friday, Joseph Omorogbe, the national publicity secretary of Accord, said non-members cannot suspend a national chairman.
Omorogbe said a suit filed by Imumolen at the federal capital territory (FCT) high court challenging Mgbudem’s suspension was struck out in July, and he did not appeal the ruling.
Omorogbe said the ruling, coupled with Imumolen’s failure to challenge his expulsion, meant he ceased to be a member of the party and could not convene a stakeholders’ meeting or issue directives.
He said Mgbudem’s suspension is “laughable and a joke taken too far to massage his [Imumolen’s] fallen political ego”.
