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.

Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     IF-K     Ahmed Alhasssan     Rotimi Oyedepo     Moses Rahman Popoola     HICA     Ilesha-Gwanara     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Smart School     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Hassan Saliu     Jamiu Oyawoye     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Alore     PPS     QuickWin     Kolo     Wahab Egbewole     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Alao Ayotunde     Modupe Oluwole     Garment Factory     Emir Of Kano     Roheemat Hammed     Post Utme     Dan-Kazeem     Bahago     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Peter Amogbonjaye     Kale Kawu     Okeose Christian Cementary     Mohammed Danjuma     NYSC     Yusuf Mubarak     George Funsho Adebayo     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Amasa     Wale Oladepo     Jaiz Bank     Titus Ashaolu     Henry Olaosebikan     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Yinka Aluko     Jare Olatundun     Oba Abdulraheem     Abdulkarim Adisa     Biliaminu Aliu     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ojo Isekuse     Okiki     Jani Ibrahim     Share-Tsaragi     Gabriel Fashanu     Gamji Members Association     Rafiu Ajakaye     KWACOBPA     Jimoh Bashir     Ahmed \'Lateef     3MTT     Razak Atunwa     Abraham Ojo     Fareedah Dankaka     Bursary     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Aiyedun     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Oba-Solagberu     Seed Technologies     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ben Duntoye     Halimah Perogi     Unilorin     CT Ayeni     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

National Democratic Congress     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Sidikat Alaya     Olusola Saraki     Iyiola Oyedepo     Shao     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Kwara Metro Park     Ben Duntoye     T And K FOODS     Samuel Adedoyin     John Olajide Adedipe     A.O. Belgore     Yunus Oniboki     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Laolu Saraki     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Funke Adedoyin     Olupako     SWAN     Photo News     Owode Market     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Sardauna     Ilota     Innocent Okoye     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Borgu     Zainab Abass     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ike Ekweremadu     Osi     Dan Iya     Sobi Hill     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     ANCOPPS     Abatemi-Usman     Allocation     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Peculiar Allowance     Senate President     Ilorin Amusement Park     Oniwa     Ilorin Durbar     ASUU     Kwara Consultative Forum     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Dagbalodo     Ilorin Airport     Unilorin     Oya State     Lanre Jimoh     Lanre Olosunde     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Federal Allocation     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Alimi     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Alore     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Gaa Olobi     Risikat Lawal     Ado Bayero     Adeleke Ogungbe     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Ekweremadu     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Ronke Adeyemi     Labaeka     Al-Hikmah Radio     Kwara State Sports Commission