The Accord Party (AP) has expelled Christopher Imumolen, its
standard-bearer in the 2023 presidential election, over alleged gross
misconduct.
The national executive committee (NEC) passed the resolution
during its meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday.
The NEC also expelled seven state chairpersons—Lanre
Ogundare (Lagos), Surajo Ibrahim (Zamfara), Muktar Abdalla (Borno), and
Dzingina Ephraim (Nasarawa)—from the party.
Others are Salimu Boyi (Katsina), Fatima Zarumi (Yobe), and
Abdullahi Kasowa (Bauchi).
The party also dismissed Abiola Odeoba, a former Ekiti
chairman; Falaye Ajibola, an ex-Ondo chair; and Adebisi Ganiy.
In a communiqué issued after the meeting, the NEC adopted
the recommendation of a seven-member disciplinary committee set up to
investigate alleged gross misconduct of the party officials.
The communiqué was signed by Maxwell Mgbudem, national
chairman, and Adebukola Ajaja, national secretary.
“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,” the communiqué
reads.
The NEC said the disciplined members violated Article 20A
(vii), (ix), (xiii), and 20A (1) of the party constitution.
The executive committee said there is a need to “maintain
decorum within the party to avoid a state of anarchy and lawlessness,
highlighting the need to preserve the party’s constitution and its adherence,
which is not just expedient but mandatory as the party is supreme”.
The NEC passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of
Mgbudem, urging him to remain focused on “rebuilding, rebranding, and
strengthening the party to meet the needs and expectations of citizens for a
better Nigeria”.
The executive committee welcomed back members suspended and
expelled under the then leadership of Imumolen.
The NEC advised members to be united, saying the party has
commenced a “massive membership drive” aimed at repositioning the party as a
major stakeholder in the democratic process.
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