Accord get together names Osun caretaker chairman, approves 2026 major pointers

The Nationwide Government Committee of the Accord Party has authorized a brand new Caretaker Committee for its Osun State chapter, naming Victor Akande as chairman following the expiration of the earlier management’s tenure.

The choice was contained in a press release issued on Friday by the Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Joseph Omorogbe.

The NEC assembly was attended by 36 state chairmen, members of the Nationwide Working Committee, and was monitored by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee.

Except for constituting the Osun State chapter’s Caretaker Committee with Akande as chairman, the NEC additionally authorized the electoral pointers for the 2026 Osun State governorship primaries and established an Electoral Committee for the train.

“We specific confidence that Accord might be aggressive within the election,” Omorogbe stated.

He added that the get together granted a common waiver to new members in search of to contest elective positions and created Girls and Youth Directorates throughout all ranges to drive grassroots mobilisation.

The NEC lifted the suspension of some Osun members “within the spirit of oneness and progress,” handed a vote of confidence in Nationwide Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem, and maintained that there isn’t a faction within the get together.

It additionally urged members to stay loyal and keep away from being distracted by “reactionary forces” as preparations proceed for upcoming elections.

In his remarks, Mgbudem burdened that the get together stays united regardless of latest makes an attempt to stir inside crises.

“Let me emphasise clearly at present that Accord has no faction anyplace, neither on the nationwide nor state ranges.

“We stay one united, indivisible household, firmly guided by our ideology of oneness and progress. We’ll proceed to take care of this unity with vigilance and firmness,” he stated.

He described the get together’s Edo and Ondo primaries as proof of Accord’s dedication to transparency.

The chairman added that latest court docket rulings had additional strengthened the get together’s management construction.

“Our dedication to transparency and inside democracy was evident within the easy conduct of the Edo and Ondo major elections.

“Even in situations the place tensions emerged, such because the momentary misunderstanding in Edo, we intervened promptly and successfully, restoring full concord and reaffirming Accord’s repute as a celebration that stands for justice, reconciliation, and equity.

“The legitimacy and authenticity of our management and inside processes have been strengthened via our judicial victories. Whereas some have sought to distract the get together via pointless litigations, we stay unmoved, centered, and dedicated to the duty of nation-building,” he stated.

He stated Accord would stay centered regardless of the actions of “political jobbers,” including that preparations for the 2026 FCT council elections had been progressing properly.

Mgbudem additional warned members in opposition to acts able to undermining the get together.

“Accord won’t tolerate any particular person whose actions or utterances search to undermine the concord, stability, and unity of the get together. Self-discipline stays a core worth of our political household, and we are going to apply it firmly at any time when essential to protect the integrity of our collective mandate,” he stated.

Friday’s improvement comes three weeks after the get together management nullified the purported suspension of Mgbudem introduced by a splinter group in Keffi, Nasarawa State.

The group, linked to former presidential candidate Chris Imumolen—whom the get together says had lengthy been expelled—named him nationwide chairman and accused Mgbudem of anti-party actions.

On the time, Omorogbe dismissed the transfer as “laughable,” describing it because the handiwork of “political jobbers in search of relevance.”

“Maxwell Mgbudem stays the genuine nationwide chairman of Accord, duly recognised by INEC and listed on the Fee’s web site,” he stated.

The get together additionally cited a July 17, 2025 judgment by Justice Fatima A. Aliyu placing out a go well with filed by Imumolen, which it stated additional affirmed Mgbudem’s place.