Ogunsola remains Kwara APP chairman, says 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.
Makama Of Kaiama Erin-ile Ado Ibrahim Alabe Assayomo Muhammed Akanbi Olusin Of Ijara Isin Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan Ibrahim Sulu Gambari ARMTI Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Otoge BIR Ibrahim Abiodun Bello Oyebanji Erubu Isiaka Rafiu Mope Medinat Folorunsho Salman FERMA Pius Abioje Magaji Are Ilorin Talaka Parapo Muhammadu Buhari Zubair Folorunsho Erubu Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku Kaosarah Adeyi JAMB Ohoro Of Shao Kisra Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet Umar Danladi Shero Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency Baba Adini Of Kwara State Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao Oba Sulaiman Asude Ilorin East Patience Jonathan Adesoye College Saduki Lafiagi Igosun Overland Ishola Moses Abiodun Yoonus Lawal Baba Issa Ghali Muhammed Oke-opin Olatomiwa Williams Rasaq Jimoh Oko-Olowo Gbemisola Saraki Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu Elerin Of Erin-Ile Igbomina Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate Nigeria Computer Society Jimba Babatunde Ilorin Likeminds Foundation KwaraLearn Maigidasanma Mohammed Abduraheem Kwasu Yusuf Abdulwahab Eleja Taiwo Banu Abiodun Oyedepo CACOVID Ajibola Saliu Ajia University Road Okin Biscuit Arca Santa Agboola Babatunde Egbewole Sola Saraki University Saliu Ajibola Ajia Kwara State University Of Education Village Alive Development Association Yusuf Abdulraheem Clement Yomi Adeboye

