{"id":40926,"date":"2015-08-02T16:18:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T15:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=40926"},"modified":"2015-08-02T16:18:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T15:18:05","slug":"2018-cold-war-brews-in-ekiti-apc-chairman-at-war-with-publicity-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2018-cold-war-brews-in-ekiti-apc-chairman-at-war-with-publicity-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"2018: Cold war brews in Ekiti APC, Chairman at war with Publicity Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIndications emerged yesterday that there is uneasy calm in the All<\/span>
\nProgressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State as the State Chairman of
\nthe party, Chief Jide Awe and the Publicity Secretary, Chief Taiwo<\/span>
\nOlatubosun are said to be at loggerheads.<\/p>\n

Jide Awe, who has gone underground to escape arrest and trial for<\/span>
\nalleged murder is said to be unhappy that Olatubosun has taken over
\nhis functions as the State chiarman, and that the party spokesperson<\/span>
\nwas scheming to edge him out and take over his position.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jide Awe is wanted by the police over his alleged involvement in the<\/span>
\nMarch 2013 murder of Ayo Murphy Jeje and Mrs Juliana Adewumi in<\/span>
\nErijiyan Ekiti.<\/p>\n

According to an inside source, the embattled Chairman, Jide Awe, is<\/span>
\naccusing Olatubosun of scheming to be the new chairman of the party.<\/p>\n

Olatubosun is also being accused of using his position as the party<\/span>
\nspokesperson to enrich himself alone. Himself and two others were said<\/span>
\nto have made millions of naira as members of committees that conducted<\/span>
\nthe APC primaries in some Northern States last year.<\/p>\n

He is said to be banking on his closeness to the party\u2019s Deputy
\nNational Chairman (South), Engr Segun Oni to take over the structure
\nof the party, so as to pave way for the emergence of Hon. Femi
\nBamisile (Bafem) as the party\u2019s governorship candidate in 2018.<\/p>\n

The APC spokesperson is said to have been tipped as running mate to
\nBamisile, even as some believe that he (Olatubosun) was playing double
\ngame by seeking truce with Governor Ayodele Fayose and at the same
\ntime working for the emergence of Bamisile as the party governorship
\ncandidate.<\/p>\n

“I am aware that Olatunbosun has collated the attendance of the
\nmeetings which the chairman couldn’t attend for one reason or the
\nother, and has started working on the lists as a weapon to fight his
\nbattle to edge out the chairman.<\/p>\n

“Anyway, let me tell all those who care to know the truth in our dear
\nparty\u00a0 that, Olatubosun, Segun Oni, Bafem and others, can neither
\ndislodge our chairman nor take up the structure of APC in Ekiti
\nState,” a source who is an ally of Jide Awe said.<\/p>\n

Describing as self-aggrandizement, another loyalist of Jide Awe and
\nformer Governor Kayode Fayemi accused Olatubosun of attributing every
\npublication on behalf of the party to himself; the situation which has
\nnaturally denoted that the party lacked leadership in the faces of the
\nright thinking Ekiti people.<\/p>\n

He said; “Honestly, I have endured the excesses of Olatubosun for<\/span>
\nlong, and I thought the situation won’t degenerate to this level of<\/span>
\ngiving it publicity.<\/p>\n

“Olatubosun is doing his job correctly and as expected of him. But the<\/span>
\ntruth must be told, he should give the chairman and other leaders of<\/span>
\nthe party the deserved respect and stop behaving as if he owns the
\nparty.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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