Benin City, Edo state – Ahead of the Edo governorship election 2024, Barrister Maxwell Mgbudem, the national chairman of the Accord Party, on Wednesday, September 18, expressed optimism that the party will win.
TimesNow.com.ng reports that Mgbudem urged eligible voters in the state to come out en masse and vote for his party.
He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide a level playing field to all the political parties and their candidates participating in the election.
Accord is up against the likes of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP) in the poll.
Also, the Accord national chairman explained that what he describes as ‘the unnecessary minor distraction’ the party had recently in its leadership is now over.
Mgbudem addressed the press during the party’s national working committee (NWC) meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
It was the party’s first major NWC meeting after its national convention on Sunday, July 28, 2024, where it elected new officers.
Mgbudem used the opportunity to criticise Christopher Imumolen, a former presidential candidate.
Mgbudem said:
Furthermore, Mgbudem described the situation as an abortive coup driven by an inordinate ambition of the former presidential candidate against the authentic leadership of the party which he celebrated in the media to allegedly hoodwink unsuspecting members of the public and create disaffection in the party.
He stated that the alleged sponsors of the party’s former flagbearer are threatened by the purported increasing popularity of Accord among Nigerians.
Mgbudem explained:
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo, declared the coming governorship election in the state “a do-or-die affair”.
Speaking at the PDP grand finale rally in Benin City, the state capital, Obaseki berated Senator Adams Oshiomhole, his predecessor.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
