Browsing: Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola

The splinter PDP made its feeling known in a statement signed and issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, in Abuja on Monday

Oyinlola, sequel to the ruling of the Court of Appeal, was to resume as the National Secretary of the Tukur faction of the party on Monday

I sincerely thank my Principals who made this appointment possible: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, GCON; Their Excellencies, Govs Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, Rabiu Musa Kwankawanso of Kano State, Babaganida Aliyu of Niger State, Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State; Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, and Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara State; my immediate Principals, Alh. Abubakar Kawu Baraje, the National Chairman of PDP; Comrade Sam Jaja, the party’s National Vice Chairman; and, of course, my immediate boss, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the National Secretary of our party

It will be recalled that at the formation of the parallel NEC a couple of weeks ago, only three offices were named – Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, as National Chairman; Dr. Sam Sam Jaja, Deputy National Chairman; and Oyinlola as National Secretary

Those absent included former President Olusegun Obasanjo; the President of the Senate, David Mark; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal

This was the position of Justice E. S. Chukwu on Friday when he delivered a ruling in a suit brought by Tukur before the Federal High Court, Abuja

Tukur, who addressed a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, while taking on the faction of the PDP under the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje as National Chairman, said anyone elected on the platform of the party who recognizes any other leadership apart from his would also be removed from his seat

Oyinlola said that he came to this conclusion following the pronouncement of the party that his position as the National Secretary of the PDP was vacant, a position he challenged vigorously in a letter he sent to the chairman of the National Convention Committee of the party

The NJC will pass the recommendation to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for ratification

The society urged the police to conduct further investigation into whether financial inducement was involved and the magnitude of the amount involved in the saga in view of the alleged well-known capacity of the ACN leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to financially compromise any institution or person in the country

The police, in a report dated February 8, 2013 and signed by Ali Amodu, Commissioner of Police, X Squad, said an investigation revealed that there was communication between Salami and the ACN leaders while he was presiding over an election petition appeal filed by the party over the 2007 governorship election dispute in Osun State

A statement by the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, on Monday, said the power to replace Oyinlola, with whom he is believed to be at loggerheads, was vested in him by the constitution of the party

Oni described the media reports insinuating that the party was considering dropping Oyinlola for another candidate from the South West as part of the mischief of those whose ambition was to destroy the party in the zone

The suit was filed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Ogun State chapter of the party, Adebayo Dayo and Alhaji Semiu Sodipo.

Akpabio stated this at the fund raising ceremony and presentation of gifts to beneficiaries of the foundation, which held in Okuku, Osun State

Oyinlola was among the 3,897 law students who were given the licence to practice law by the Nigerian Law School, having passed the 2012 Bar final examination

The Peoples Democratic Party in the South West has described the purported indictment of a former Governor of Osun State and National Secretary of the PDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, by a panel set up by the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbeola-led Action Congress of Nigeria government in the state as “cheap blackmail and cover up plot that won’t work.”

Besides the commission was particularly taken aback that no dime was paid for vital projects, including the Abuja liaison office of the state, the Osun Five Star Hotel and the Osogbo-Iwo Road listed as those to be financed with the loan