Accord Expels Ex-presidential Candidate, 7 Others Over Alleged Anti-Party Activities

Accord party has expelled Prof. Christopher Imumolen, its presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections and seven state chairmen over alleged anti-party activities and other offences.

The expulsion of the members was contained in a communique issued after the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting held in Abuja.

According to the communique by the party’s National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem, the expelled state chairmen included: Lanre Ogundare (Lagos), Surajo Ibrahim (Zamfara), Muktar Abdalla (Borno) and Dzingina Ephraim (Nasarawa).

Others were: three former state chairmen: Chief Abiola Odeoba (Ekiti), Dr Falaye Ajibola (Ondo) and Prince Adebisi Ganiy (Ogun).

The party National Chairman said that NEC approved the expulsion of Imumolen and the other seven party chieftains amid the recommendations of a seven-man Disciplinary Committee set up by the National Working Committee, NWC.

According to him, the disciplinary committee was set up to investigate allegations of gross misconduct, anti-party activities and breaches of the party’s constitution against some members, while some resolutions were made.

“The NEC unanimously approved, upheld and endorsed the disciplinary measures against some members of the party for gross misconduct, anti-party activities, factionalising the party, bringing it to ridicule, disrepute, disaffection and breaches of its constitution.

“Accordingly, NEC expelled eight members and suspended three others for violating Article 20A (vii), (ix), (xiii), and 20A (1) of the party’s constitution,’’ he said.

Mgbudem added that NEC also suspended Salimu Boyi, its Katsina State chairman; Fatima Zarumi, acting Yobe Chairman and Abdullahi Kasowa, Bauchi State chairman.

He further stated that NEC also welcomed back members who were misled into instigating rebellion against the party leadership to destabilise it and bring it to ridicule.

He said that NEC also urged members to remain in one accord, as there was no faction in the party.

The national chairman said that the court had since vacated the interim order obtained by Imumolen, which naturally expired after seven days as ruled by the presiding Judge, Justice M. M. Adamu of the FCT High Court on September 4.

Mgbudem said that the judge, in his ruling, had also ordered the intruders to vacate the party’s national secretariat which they forcefully took over on August 31.

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