BREAKING!!!!! Tension In Ekiti NUJ As Members Disrupt Election.
Tension rose yesterday in Ado Ekiti during the election of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ekiti chapter, as members from the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES) and State Information Chapel allegedly beat up some members and disrupted the process of the election.
To avert further crisis and disallow anarchy in the system, the national body of the union, through its Secretary, Gbenga Bamidele, announced the constitution of five-member caretaker committee to pilot the affairs of the union.
Members of the committee set up in line with Article 5 of NUJ constitution, include: Amos Ogunrinde (chairman), Yaqoub Popoola (Secretary), while Tunji Saliu, Rotimi Funke and Samson Falowo are members.
A statement issued by the body said: “Members of the committee were selected based on individual merit and more importantly, in the interest of the union.
”The credential committee for the aborted election is hereby dissolved. The property of the state council should be handed over to the committee with immediate effect.”
The aggrieved members booed the National Vice President, Zone B, Mr Cosmas Oni, who came to conduct the election, nearly lynched the NUJ representative, the Chairman of NUJ in Oyo State, Mr. Wumi Faniran, his Secretary, Mr Bola Ogunlayi and others from Ogun and Osun councils.
The election, which started around 11.17am, was disrupted when the members of the BSES, who had commenced voting, heard that 19 out of 73 names presented by the chapel were qualified to vote.
Argument started between members of the NUJ electoral body and the agent from BSES, Mr. Kelechi David over the latter’s insistence the 73 members from the chapel must vote against the national body’s position that only 19 of them paid the required check off dues.
Some senior members from the two chapels manhandled the policemen at the door and moved into the hall where the ballot boxes were stationed containing few ballot papers of those that had voted.
To avert further crisis and disallow anarchy in the system, the national body of the union, through its Secretary, Gbenga Bamidele, announced the constitution of five-member caretaker committee to pilot the affairs of the union.
Members of the committee set up in line with Article 5 of NUJ constitution, include: Amos Ogunrinde (chairman), Yaqoub Popoola (Secretary), while Tunji Saliu, Rotimi Funke and Samson Falowo are members.
A statement issued by the body said: “Members of the committee were selected based on individual merit and more importantly, in the interest of the union.
”The credential committee for the aborted election is hereby dissolved. The property of the state council should be handed over to the committee with immediate effect.”
The aggrieved members booed the National Vice President, Zone B, Mr Cosmas Oni, who came to conduct the election, nearly lynched the NUJ representative, the Chairman of NUJ in Oyo State, Mr. Wumi Faniran, his Secretary, Mr Bola Ogunlayi and others from Ogun and Osun councils.
The election, which started around 11.17am, was disrupted when the members of the BSES, who had commenced voting, heard that 19 out of 73 names presented by the chapel were qualified to vote.
Argument started between members of the NUJ electoral body and the agent from BSES, Mr. Kelechi David over the latter’s insistence the 73 members from the chapel must vote against the national body’s position that only 19 of them paid the required check off dues.
Some senior members from the two chapels manhandled the policemen at the door and moved into the hall where the ballot boxes were stationed containing few ballot papers of those that had voted.
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