May 18, (THEWILL) – The Southwest Zonal Publicity Secretary of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Hon. Kilamuwaye Badmus, has denied writing any apology letter to the former Chairman of the Party in Ogun State, Comrade Sunday Olaposi Oginni, saying the current happenings in the State chapter of the party is a “collective struggle to rescue the party from the political mediocrity and dishonesty of the expelled former party chairman”.
He also warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) led administration under Governor Dapo Abiodun, to stay clear of the NNPP matters, saying the APC is dabbling into NNPP’s matters to frustrate the ongoing petition against the APC, Dapo Abiodun and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the omission of the party’s name on the ballot papers used in conducting March 18th governorship election in the State.
Badmus stated this on Thursday, in a statement while reacting to an alleged apology letter written to Oginni, orchestrated by one Bamigbade Ahmid, who he said was trying to impersonate him.
The Southwest Zonal Publicity Secretary of the NNPP said he has never for any reason written an apology letter to the former Chairman of the NNPP in Ogun state.
According to the statement, “Hon. Kilamuwaye BAKO Badmus has never for any reason written an apology letter to the former Chairman of NNPP in Ogun State, Comrade Sunday Olaposi Oginni.
“The action taken on the ongoing matter is a collective fight to rescue the NNPP faithful members within and in the Diaspora from the political mediocrity and dishonesty of the said former party chairman.
“I fervently call on all our faithful members in Ogun state, to keep calm because this struggle is a rescue mission and together we will win. And to the former Ogun State Chairman’s data boy, Bamigbade Ahmid, who is trying to impersonate Badmus Kilamuwaye, should be extremely careful and be warned.
“I want to also call on the APC-led administration in Ogun State under Governor Dapo Abiodun, to stay clear of the NNPP matters, which it is trying to dabble in to frustrate the ongoing petition against the APC, Dapo Abiodun and the INEC for the omission of our party’s name on the ballot papers used in conducting March 18th.”
It could be recalled that crisis erupted in the Ogun State NNPP after the national leadership of the party expelled the former Chairman, Comrade Sunday Olaposi Oginni, for anti-party activities.
The crisis took another dimension on Tuesday, while Oginni was alleged to have connived with Police to frame up Kilamuwaye on frivolous allegations, leading to his arrest and detention but was later granted bail on Wednesday, by the Magistrate Court, Isabo, Abeokuta.
In the heat of the crisis, a socio-political group, All Youths Re-Oriented Initiative (AYRION), in a statement by its Secretary, Precious Momodu, accused Oginni of money laundering over his claim of keeping N7.5 million cash inside NNPP Party’s Secretariat at Carwash, Adatan, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.
