The national leadership of Accord Party has announced the dismissal of its expelled former presidential candidate in 2023 election, Chris Imumolen for supporting the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Osun State election, Bola Oyebamiji, saying he has no electoral value to influence any election in the country.
The party stated that Imumolen is a political hireling and hustler seeking stomach infrastructure and has no political structure that will favour his preferred candidate in the election.
A statement by the National Chairman of Accord Party, Maxwell Mgbudem said for Imumolen to attend the APC rally in Osogbo where he backed its candidate is a glaring testament that he is not a member of the party and does not represent the party in any capacity.
According to him, the purported appellation, “factional chairman” of Accord is not only mischievous, but also a delusion of the grandeur that exists in his fertile imagination as the party has no faction.
Mgbudem said, “Osun State is an Accord stronghold, the people are in one accord with Governor Ademola Adeleke and will overwhelmingly vote for the party on Saturday, August 15.
“It is obvious that Accord will secure a landslide victory in this election that will further consolidate the party in the state and improve the delivery of democracy dividends to the people. It is the fear of its worst electoral defeat that APC resorted to violence, harassment, intimidation and the use of federal Institutions particularly, the police and the EFCC to suppress the Government and people of Osun State including Accord members hoping to compromise the election in favour of the APC.
“The good people of Osun remain resolute, firm and steadfast in their support for Accord and their governor.”
The party urges INEC to be neutral and conduct a credible election, and also urges security agencies to be impartial and professional in the discharge of their statutory responsibilities.
Accord Party also called on the international community particularly, the European Union Delegation to Nigeria, Africa Union, ECOWAS, United States of America and United Kingdom to strictly monitor the election and sanction anyone found wanting.
“The party is set and ready for the governorship election and expresses confidence to win banking on Governor Adeleke’s achievements and transformational leadership in the state. Let the Osun State governorship election set a new national standard in the conduct of elections in Nigeria”, he said.
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