JUST IN: Court To Disqualify All Accord Party Candidates For 2027 Elections

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has been asked to disqualify all candidates of the Accord Party for the 2027 general elections.

The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2524/2026, was filed by a member of the party, Adebukola Ajaja, through her lawyer, Edmund Biriomoni, on October 21, 2026.

According to court filings obtained by our correspondent on Friday, the applicant argued that her responsibilities as National Secretary of the party were usurped by the National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem, and National Organising Secretary, ThankGod Kenechukwu, in the submission of candidates’ list to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The suit has INEC, Accord Party, Mgbudem, and Kenechukwu as first, second, third and fourth respondents respectively.

In her reliefs, Ajaja is seeking:

“A DECLARATION that having regard to Article 2 of the Accord Party Constitution, the Constitution is supreme and has a binding force on all members and organs of the Accord Party.

A DECLARATION that, by the combined provisions of Sections 29(1) & (2), 82(1) & (6) of the Electoral Act, 2026, Articles 11(1) and (2), 12(2), 27(3), 30(1) and (2) of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, 2026, it is only the National Chairman and National Secretary of a Political Party who are empowered to jointly sign and submit the letters captioned ‘submission of Accord’s Party Candidates EC9 Series Forms for 2027 General Election’ dated 30th June, 2026, 19th July, 2026 and 5th August, 2026 respectively and Forms EC9(A), EC9(B), EC9(C), EC9(D), EC9(E) to the 1st Defendant.

A DECLARATION that, by the combined provisions of Sections 29(1) & (2), 82(1) & (6) of the Electoral Act, 2026, Articles 11(1) and (2), 12(2), 27(3), 30(1) and (2) of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, 2026, the 3rd and 4th Defendants as National Chairman and National Organizing Secretary respectively of the 2nd Defendant, cannot lawfully and validly jointly sign the letters captioned ‘submission of Accord’s Party Candidates EC9 Series Forms for 2027 General Election’ dated 30th June, 2026, 19th July, 2026 and 5th August, 2026 and Forms EC9(A), EC9(B), EC9(C), EC9(D), EC9(E) to the 1st Defendant.”

She urged the court to nullify the candidates’ letters submitted to INEC by the third and fourth defendants.

“AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION setting aside and nullifying the letters captioned ‘submission of Accord’s Party Candidates EC9 Series Forms for 2027 General Election’ dated 30th June, 2026, 19th July, 2026 and 5th August, 2026 respectively and Forms EC9(A), EC9(B), EC9(C), EC9(D), EC9(E) jointly signed by the 3rd and 4th Defendants of the 2nd Defendant to the 1st Defendant in flagrant non-compliance with Sections 29(1) & (2), 82(1) & (6) of the Electoral Act, 2026, Articles 10(3), 11(2), 24(3), 28(2) of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, 2026 as same are invalid, null and void,” she prayed.