NNPP removes Osun get together chairman over fraud, incompetence

Members of the New Nigeria Individuals’s Social gathering (NNPP) in Osun, on Monday, unanimously eliminated the get together’s chairman, Tosin Odeyemi, over alleged monetary misappropriation.

Mr Odeyemi was eliminated throughout a gathering on the get together’s secretariat in Osogbo, the place members handed a vote of no confidence in him.

Talking after the assembly, the get together’s secretary, Adekunle Abolade, alleged that the poor administration of funds and the chairman’s autocratic management had been chargeable for the get together’s defeat within the July 16 governorship election within the state.

“Going by the report, our former chairman (Odeyemi) has been mismanaging the funds of the get together and which resulted within the poor end result of the get together within the July 16 governorship election within the state.

“He’s the only signatory to the get together’s account and receives credit score and debit alerts on the get together’s account.

“Throughout our assembly with the board of trustees chairman in Lagos final week, he gave us permission to take away him, and the get together’s management in Abuja are in assist of eradicating him.

“And the reason being that if Odeyemi remains to be answerable for the get together in Osun, then we could have nothing to point out within the 2023 basic elections, however by doing what we did now, NNPP has a future in Osun,” he mentioned.

Additionally talking, the governorship candidate of the get together within the state, Oyelami Saliu, mentioned he supported the choice of the bulk to take away Mr Odeyemi.

Mr Saliu, who the members unanimously elected as performing chairman of the get together, mentioned he would be sure that the get together in Osun strikes ahead.

Additionally, one of many get together’s leaders within the state, Oyedele Adeyemi, mentioned there are lots of confirmed allegations of anti-party actions in opposition to the previous chairman.

Reacting, Mr Odeyemi mentioned these behind his elimination from the workplace should not have the constitutional proper to take action, and the allegations in opposition to him had been false.

“These folks on the assembly usually are not members of the executives of the get together.

“Now we have members of the executives who are actually get together candidates, and the structure doesn’t allow twin workplace.

“They don’t have the constitutional proper to take away me, and likewise the court docket simply granted an order restraining them and others from performing silly,” he mentioned. 

(NAN)