The National Executive Committee of the Accord Party has dissolved the outgoing Osun State leadership and appointed a new Caretaker Committee headed by Victor Akande.
The announcement was contained in a statement released on Friday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Joseph Omorogbe.
The NEC meeting, held in Abuja, had in attendance 36 state chairmen, members of the National Working Committee, and observers from the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Alongside the appointment of Akande, the party’s NEC also ratified the electoral guidelines for the 2026 Osun governorship primaries and constituted an Electoral Committee to oversee the process.
Omorogbe noted that the party remains confident of its competitiveness in the coming election.
He also revealed that Accord has granted a general waiver to new members interested in contesting elective offices and has established Women and Youth Directorates across all levels to strengthen grassroots mobilisation.
In what it described as a move made “in the spirit of oneness and progress,” the NEC lifted earlier suspensions placed on some Osun members.
It also passed a vote of confidence in the National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem, reiterating that the party has no factions at any level.
Members were urged to remain united and avoid distractions from “reactionary forces” as preparations ramp up for upcoming elections.
Speaking at the meeting, Mgbudem maintained that Accord remains one cohesive political family despite recent attempts to sow disunity.
“Accord has no faction anywhere, nationally or at the state level. We remain a united, indivisible family guided by our ideology of oneness and progress,” he said.
He highlighted the successful conduct of the Edo and Ondo primaries as evidence of Accord’s commitment to transparency and internal democracy, saying even temporary misunderstandings were quickly resolved.
According to him, several recent court judgments have further strengthened the party’s leadership structure and validated its internal processes.
Mgbudem cautioned members against actions that could undermine party cohesion, stressing that discipline remains central to the Accord Party’s political culture.
“Accord will not tolerate any individual whose behaviour threatens the harmony and unity of the party. Discipline is a core value, and we will enforce it when necessary,” he said.
He also disclosed that preparations for the 2026 FCT council elections are progressing smoothly.
Friday’s resolutions come three weeks after the party leadership nullified the purported suspension of Mgbudem announced by a splinter group in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
The group, linked to former presidential candidate Chris Imumolen, whom the party says was long expelled, attempted to install him as national chairman, accusing Mgbudem of anti-party activities.
Omorogbe dismissed the move as “laughable,” describing its promoters as “political jobbers.”
He noted that INEC continues to recognise Mgbudem as the authentic national chairman, a position reinforced by a July 17, 2025 judgment by Justice Fatima A. Aliyu, which struck out Imumolen’s suit against the party.
