The chairman of the Ogun State chapter of the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, and the Ekerin of Ota, Aworiland, Chief Bamgboye A. Osunlabu, has accused some members of the group of planning to install the acting national president, Captain Ade Agbede (rtd) as the national president without an election.
He described the plan as unconstitutional and hence condemnable.
Osunlabu who made the remark shortly after a meeting of the Ogun State chapter of the organisation at Abeokuta, Ogun State, said the chapter had resolved to uphold the supremacy of the association’s constitution.
He said the state chapter maintained that things should be done properly, especially in filling the vacant position.
He stressed that the Ogun State chapter of the association equally condemned the creation of a group, which he said, was unknown to the association’s constitution.
The creation of the “strange” group, he warned was a move designed by the interim national president to become the substantive national president without conducting a general election.
Speaking in a similar vein, the Secretary of the Ogun State chapter of YCE, Princess Olufunmilayo Bamgboye, said it was not acceptable for any small group to impose its wishes on the group.
She said the Ogun State chapter condemned the suspension of Dr. Kunle Olajide as the Secretary General of the group.
She commended Olajide for his patience, steadfastness and commitment to the cause of the YCE and its aims and objectives.
She appealed to the state chapter chairmen and all members of the organisation to always obey the dictates of the council’s constitution, as well as do everything possible not to relent in their continuous efforts to seek peace, justice and a level playing ground for all in the association.
