Ogunsola remains Kwara APP chairman, says Saraki

Date: 2001-03-19

A vote of no confidence passed on the Kwara State chairman of the All Peoples Party (APP) Professor Albert Ogunsola by a faction on Wednesday, has been dismissed by a stalwart of the party, Olusola Saraki.

Speaking at the end of an emergency meeting with some faithfuls of the party in Ilorin, Saraki declared that the purported removal of Ogunsola was tantamount to "an attempted coup" which had been foiled.

He told reporters; "Gentlemen, what you said yesterday was an attempted coup which has been foiled. Ogunsola remains the authentic chairman of our great party, APP, in the state.

The APP chairman had on Wednesday shunned the swearing-in ceremony of the newly constituted cabinet of the state.

This development was interpreted by some APP stalwarts to mean a show of Ogunsola's disapproval of the new state cabinet which excluded Dr. Femi Ogunsola (a former Health Commissioner in the cabinet.)

Some youths suspected to be from the youth wing of the party, had, few minutes after the swearing-in ceremony, started chanting slogans for Ogunsola's removal.

Besides, on Friday, the crisis worsened at a press briefing in Ilorin, during which the state Secretary of the party, Alhaji Umar Gunu announced the first Vice Chairman of the party, Alhaji Mustapha Ijaya as Ogunsola's successor.

Among others, Gunu cited Article 18(5) of the party's constitution and alleged dictatorial tendencies of the chairman.

However, Saraki sharply criticised the conveners of the press conference, adding that the ward leaders of the party were never consulted, before their action.

He tagged them "dissidents" who acted on their own as he noted that they had been forgiven while a peace and reconciliation group had been constituted to reconcile the waring factions of the party.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Third Estate     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Idris Amosa Saidu     Musa Abdullahi     KW-GIS     Aremu Bose Deborah     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Yekeen Alabi     Alliance For Democracy     Baboko Primary School     Jalala     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Abikan     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Babata     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Usman Alkali Baba     David Adesina     KWASSIP     Haliru Dantoro     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Falokun-Oja     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Mahfouz Adedimeji     GRA     Saduki Lafiagi     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Grillo     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     April 11     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Jebba     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Pakata Patriots     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Ajuloopin     Jelili Yusuf     Alao Ayotunde     Magaji Nda     Moshood Bakare     Garba Dogo     Kamoru Kadiri     Alore     Iyabo Adewuyi     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Alfa Yahaya Road     Sarakite     Government High School Adeta     Muyideen Ajani Bello     A.E. Afolabi     Najim Yaasin     Abraysports FC     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Idowu Laro     Ayo Adeyemi     March 18     Yoruba     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     IsDB     Elelu     Ilorin Airport     Principal Private Secretary     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Isiaka Yusuf     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Rafiu Ibrahim     Owu Fall     Shuaib Jawondo     Kwara State University Of Education     Elewu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Usman Rifun     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Labour Party     Dunmade     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     ASKOMP     Dan Iya     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Sa\'adu Salahu     Ibrahim Bio     Ghali Muhammed     ASUU     Segun Olawoyin     Yoruba     Bankole Omisore     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Idris Garuba     Assayomo     Funmilayo Zubair     Crystal Corner Shops     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Tosho Yaqub     Hamza Usman     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Bola Olukoju     Kayode Issa     Fulani     KFA     CT Ayeni     Oniwasi Agbaye     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Najim Yaasin     Popo-Igbonna     Baboko     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Olatunde Olukoya     Shettima Of Ilorin     Pategi     Dauda Adesola     Ahmed \'Lateef     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Rotimi Atere     Plat Technologies     Ndakene     Ganmo     Olugbense     GAMA     Al-Hikmah Radio     Babatunde Idiagbon     LEAH Charity Foundation     Ilorin Central Mosque     Kunle Okeowo     Kwara Politics     Olupako Of Share     Omu Aran     Busari Alabi Alausa     Ifelodun     Sun Qing Rong     Balogun-Ojomu     Ohoro Of Shao     Sabi     Mohammed Ibrahim     Isiaka Alikinla     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Mamatu Abdullahi     Public Holiday     Halimah Perogi     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     PAACO-PCL Consortium     David Oyedepo