OSUN : CNPP CALLS FOR CANCELLATION OF IPAC ELECTION
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Osun State has called for the cancellation of the Thursday’s election of the state chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), describing the election as a charade.
The state chapter of the CNPP which comprises of major political parties including the All Progressives Congress (APC), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), Labour Party (LP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) among others raised the alarm over alleged irregularities that surrounded the IPAC election.
The State chairman of CNPP, Comrade Abiodun Afolabi while speaking during his swearing in ceremony held in Osogbo, alleged that the IPAC election was flawed by illegalities and manipulations, adding that the process that produced the new executives of the organization negate the constitution of its constitution.
According to him, members of his political party and other parties that belong to the CNPP were not adequately informed about the election until few hours to its conduct.
Also, he complained about the manner at which the election was conducted, saying that instead of two persons supervising the election from the national secretariat of the organization, only one person supervised it.
He said “the National Chairman of AA, Hon Rufai Adekunle Omoaje and the National Publicity Secretary of IPAC, Mr Agbor Major were to supervise the election, but to our suprise only Major conducted the election in a tense atmosphere.
“We were reliably informed that Hon Omoaje who resides in Abuja was not aware of the election untill the exercise started. This is against the standing order of the organization.
“The election was postponed on two occasions because of their plan to manipulate the process. Hon. Omoaje had come to Osun State on two occasions for the conduct of the exercise but the election was postponed. When it was time to conduct the election they failed to carry him along because of their hachet plan,”
He identified other irregularities that surrounded the election to include lack of respect for the organization’s constitution and improper identification of delegates who participated in the exercise.
He therefore called for the cancellation of the election and called for a fresh one, where all parties will be carried along and the constitution of the organization will be duly followed.
Meanwhile, a new set of executives have been elected to pilot the affairs of the state chapter of the CNPP.
At an election held on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital, Mr Abiodun Afolabi of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) emerged the chairman, while Pastor Victor Akande of the Accord Party emerged the Deputy Chairman.
Others are Mr Bunmi Adetunji of the Action Alliance (AA) who emerged the secretary, Richard Oyerinde of the Labour Party (LP) emerged the treasurer, Chief Sola Oladehinde of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) emerged the Financial Secretary and Nurudeen Bello emerged as the Organising Secretary.
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