…Council leaders deny Obasa’s involvement, insist congress held, search investigation of killing
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agege Local Government Council, Mr Jubreel Abdulkareem has faulted the conduct of the party congress within the native authorities, saying no congress was held within the council.
Abdulkareem, the previous Executive Chairman of the council informed newsmen that a group allegedly loyal to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa in connivance with the police barred different delegates from the venue.
As acknowledged by the speedy previous council chairman, there are two factions of APC within the council, one loyal to the party and the one loyal to Obasa.
However, Obasa and the chairman of the native authorities, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi denied any such factor, insisting that the congress happened within the council with none incident.
But, Abdulkareem acknowledged that following the disaster that greeted the ward congress on May 5, an apex chief of the party, Prof. Tunde Samuel, known as a peace assembly earlier than the congress the place the posts had been shared between the 2 factions.
He acknowledged that Samuel, a GAC member and different leaders gave 60 per cent of the places of work to Obasa whereas the party faction took 40 per cent.
“The downside now we have is that a particular person feels that he's larger than the party. Before the congress, there have been two factions, the party caucus and people in authorities headed by Obasa.
“Since then, there was non patronage for the party, however when the congress got here, now we have to do it collectively and the leaders requested us to harmonise issues.
“An harmonised checklist was created, however at the moment, it was solely delegates from Obasa camp that had been known as to vote, therefore there was agitations from our personal finish.
“One person was killed among our excos in the process while some of our local government members who were supposed to vote were arrested by the police,” he mentioned.
The former council boss, acknowledged that the ambiance was nonetheless tense as members had been being threatened.
He mentioned, “It is not possible for a group to dominate all the executive positions, there is no way an individual or a group can win election for the party.”
As acknowledged by him, there was no election in any respect on the final ward congress, improvement which necessitated the harmonisation within the present council congress.
The party chieftain, who known as on his individuals to be calm, acknowledged that the marginalisation can be resolved by the leaders of the party and all people can be carried alongside.
One of the attention witnesses, who most well-liked anonymity, acknowledged that the studying of checklist of delegates by the police, which favoured one faction, triggered the disaster.
“When party members noticed that it was police studying the checklist and their names not talked about, so that they requested to have the ability to train their franchise which led to agitations.
“There had been shootings from inside the college, it was the bullets that really killed Mr Nurudeen Lanase, the congress was held on the Central Primary School, Oniwaya, Agege.
However, Leaders of the APC in Agege have unanimously known as for investigations into the circumstances that led to the loss of life of the party member on the party’s native authorities congress on Saturday.
They equally known as on related safety businesses to make sure that culprits indicted within the incident be delivered to ebook.
Addressing journalists in Lagos on Sunday, the party leaders led by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Obasa, decried the violence that erupted after the congress had been efficiently concluded resulting in the loss of life of a party member, Nurudeen Olanose.
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of Agege Local Government, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi, acknowledged that the congress had been concluded efficiently earlier than supporters and thugs loyal to an House of Assembly aspirant within the native authorities unleashed terror on the individuals.
“I was even back in my office after the successful completion of the congress when I was informed the violence being unleashed on the people,” he mentioned.
Rt. Hon. Obasa acknowledged that the management of the party ought to examine the killing of Olanose. “The police should also do the needful by not only investigating the death of Olanose but also ensuring that those found culpable be brought to book,” the Lagos Assembly Speaker mentioned.
As acknowledged by him, the APC is a united party in Agege. “You can see that all the party leaders are here, so we have no crisis. It’s the inordinate ambition of one man that’s causing this violence,” he mentioned.
Others who spoke on the occasion together with Hon Taofeek Abiodun Adaranijo, member representing Agege Federal Constituency within the House of Representatives; Hon Oluyinka Ogundimu, member representing Agege State Constituency 2 within the state House of Assembly;
Dr Samuel Babatunde Adejare, state Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure; pioneer Chairman of the native authorities, Chief Owolabi Dada; and the party chief in Agege, Chief Safari Adaranijo; all condemned the violence that led to the killing and had been uimous of their name for investigation into the matter and culprits being delivered to ebook.
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