Lagos APC faction blasts Oyegun after rival chairman sworn-in
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12.edo anslem u. ojezua1 the fouad oki-led group of the all progressives congress apcin lagos on tuesday faulted the inauguration of alhaji tunde balogun as the state party chairman by the national chairman of the party chief john odigie -oyegun1 oki who convened a parallel state congress of the party on may 19 challenging the group led by asiwaju bola ahmed tinubu faulted the action in a statement he issued in lagos1 oki accused oyegun as being compromised and said his group would do everything possible to challenge the illegality1 i am certain we have not not heard the last of this. truth is we knew they were going to do what they did because the oyegun-led nwc is full of weaklings1 but we are undaunted in our resolve and we will continue to show resilience on the struggle to free our people from the shackles of a bigot he said1 the inauguration of balogun was in contrast to an earlier decision of the national working committee nwcof the party which overruled the main congress over issues of legality1 the publicity secretary of the party malam bolaji abdullahi had explained that the nwc overruled the main congress held at the acme road secretariat because it was based on 57 councils instead of the constitutional 201 he added that the party could not have discountenanced the congress organised by oki as it was held in the recognised 20 council areas1 the spokesman however said a five-man committee headed by the deputy national chairmannorth had been set up to resolve the knotty issues1 however oyegun at the inauguration told the new chairmen in crisis states like lagos rivers and others not to inaugurate executive members as the party was working on harmonised committee members in the affected states1 oki called on president muhammadu buhari and vice-president yemi osinbajo to prevail on oyegun-led nwc to reverse the inauguration1 he also called on nwc members to do everything possible to ensure that its earlier decision on congresses was upheld1 the fouad oki group is believed to be sponsored by muiz banire the national legal adviser of the apc1 1.abia hon. donatus e. nwankpa1 2.adamawa alh. ibrahim bilal1 3.akwa ibom hon. ini okopido1 4.anambra barr. emeka ibe1 5.bauchi alh uba ahmed nana1 6.bayelsa jonathan l. amos1 7.benue comrade abba yari1 8.borno hon. ali bukar dalori1 9.cross river hon. godwin etim john1 10.delta chief cyril abeye ogodo1 11.ebonyi pastor eze nwachukwu eze1 the inauguration of the chairman was done on mondayalong with 33 other state chairmen1 13.ekiti no congress1 14.enugu dr. ben nwoye1 15.gombe nitte k. amangal1 16.imo dr. hillary eke1 17.jigawa hon. ado sani kiri1 18.kaduna air commodore emmanuel jekeda rtd1 19.kano abdullahi abass1 20.katsina shittu s. shittu1 21.kebbi arc. bala sani kangiwa1 22.kogi abdullahi bello1 23.kwara hon. ishola balogun fulani1 24.lagos alh. tunde balogun1 25.nasarawa philip tatari shekwo1 26.niger engr. muhammed liman1 27.ogun chief dikia adebisi1 28.ondo engr. ade adetimehin1 29.osun no congress1 30.oyo chief akin oke1 31.plateau hon. letep m. dabang1 32.rivers ojukaye amachree1 33.sokoto hon. isa s. achida1 34.taraba alh. abdulmumini vaki1 35.yobe alh. adamu chilariye1 36.zamfara alh. lawal m. liman1 37.fct hon. abdulmalik usman1