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.

TVC Female National Debate     Guber Aspirant     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Bashir Adigun     Naira Redesign     Yusuf Badmus     Aiyedun     Akorede     Bisi Oyeleke     Lateef Fagbemi     Mujtabah Bature     CCT     Biliaminu Aliu     Adegoke Bamidele     Kunbi Titiloye     Ajikobi     Cornelius Fawenu     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Kulende     Babata     Kwha.gov.ng     Centre For Digital Economy     Young Progressives Party     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Rotimi Atere     Suwa-Arabs     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Village Alive Development Association     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Wahab Egbewole     Kola Adesina     Principal Private Secretary     Cornelius Adebayo     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Ibrahim Oniye     Omoniyi Ayinla     Popo-Igbonna     Alanamu     Ilorin Like-Minds     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Bukola Saraki     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Olofa Of Offa     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Abdulkareem Alabi     Valsolar Consortium     Kwara Apc     Kunle Suleiman     Ile Arugbo     IESA     Mohammed Saidu     Maryam Ado Bayero     Shoprite     Yaru     Kehinde Boyede     Danhawa     Saka Keji     Shehu Jimoh     Olosi Of Osi     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Bashiru Makama     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Sobi     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Yekini Adio     Ayedun     HYPPADEC     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Malete    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sa\'ad Alanamu     University Road     RTEAN     Fawenu     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Olofa Of Offa     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Sun Qing Rong     Principal Private Secretary     Osuwa     Abdulhakeem Amao     Zara Umar     Kayode Ibrahim     Curfew     Abdullahi Atanda     NFAI     Awoye     Saka Saadu     Kulende-UITH     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Rafiu Ajakaye     Council Of The Wise     Mogaji Aare     Bello Bature     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Olaiya Lawal     Kale Kawu     Labour Party     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Bluenile Associates     Tunde Kazeem     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Bilikisu Gambari     Lateef Alagbonsi     United Nigeria Congress Party     Sheikh Alimi     Rashidi Yekini     Ibrahim Jawondo     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Olaiya Zuberu     ARMTI     Gwanara     Yahya Mohammed     Kwara 2015     Seed Technologies     Muhammed Abdullahi     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Lanre Issa Onilu     Abubakar Baba     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Dasuki Belgore     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Hussein Olokooba     Kwara TV     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     John Kehinde Salako     IEDPU     Olosi Of Osi     Kolo     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Amos Sayo     Bolaji Abdullahi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Iponrin     Ile Arugbo     Umar Gunu     Shola Odetundun     Oniwasi Agbaye     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Alliance For Democracy     Balikis Jawondo     Ahman Pategi     Yoonus Lawal