Aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Doyin Okupe has been urged to stop parading himself as leader of the Accord Party (AP) in the South West.
Chairmen and leaders of Accord party in the zone gave the warning in the communique issued at the end of their meeting in Ibadan on Tuesday through a communique.
The communique stated that the party in the southwest viewed a purported meeting organised by Okupe as of no effect and people that attended have no locus standi to do so on behalf of the party.
”Action is going on to identify erring party members who were at the meeting with Okupe and sanctions are awaiting them at the zonal level,” the party said.
It added that it was untrue that its National Secretary, Mrs Adebukola Ajaja and National Vice-Chairman, Southwest, Alhaji Dokun Babarinnde, attended Okupe’s meeting.
“The Accord Southwest is one and indivisible under the leadership of Alhaji Dotun Babatunde and other national officers from the zone,” the party stated.
The communique stated that all representatives of the party in the region had agreed that the anti-party activities of Okupe would be reported to the national body of the party for further actions.
Earlier, at the meeting, Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the party, Isaac Adeniyi, had expressed concern over the anti-party activities of Okupe and urged the party’s leadership in the South-West to treat the report with urgency.
Adeniyi informed party members and state executive that Okupe, with some unknown persons held a meeting in Ogun where he declared himself as the leader of the party in southwest.
Representatives of the party in states in the zone including Kayode Ojo (Ondo), Muda Ogunsola (Oyo), Isiaka Amusa (Ogun), Abdulrahman Opawuyi (Osun) and Rotimi Ajibola (Lagos) attended the meeting.
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