Imumolen-led Accord Party to conduct fresh governorship primary in Oyo

The internal crisis in the Accord Party has taken a new turn after the Prof. Chris Imumolen-led national leadership announced plans to conduct a fresh governorship primary in Oyo State.

Imumolen, who insisted he is the authentic National Chairman of the party, nullified the parallel primaries earlier conducted in the state by the Maxwell Mgbudem-led faction.

In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the faction’s National Secretary, Mr. Muktar Abdallah, the leadership declared that neither Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat nor Mr. Olakunle Busari, popularly known as “Gudugudu”, was a valid governorship candidate of the party.

Imumolen described the emergence of parallel candidates from the same factional process as a reflection of “institutional confusion, greed, money politics, and weak leadership” within the Mgbudem-led group.

He said it was embarrassing that the faction failed to manage its internal processes, thereby exposing the party to public ridicule through conflicting outcomes from the same primary exercise.

According to him, the development had further vindicated party members who had long questioned the legitimacy, discipline, and credibility of the rival faction.

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He also announced the setting up of a disciplinary committee to investigate the conduct of Mgbudem and the faction’s National Secretary, Mrs. Adebukola Ajaja, over alleged actions that brought embarrassment to the party.

Imumolen assured stakeholders in Oyo State that the national leadership would soon conduct a fresh, transparent and unified primary to produce a legitimate governorship candidate.

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