Rift Brews in APC as Omisore Demands N500m Damages, Threatens Lawsuit Against APC Vice Chairman
- There is a big issue within the camp of the ruling All Progressives Congress, as strong members drag each other
- This is as the national secretary of the APC Iyiola Omisore accused Salihu Lukman, vice-chairman of the party, of libel
- Omisore thereby demanded N500 million from Lukman, for saying Omisore mismanaged campaign funds for the Osun governorship election
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There is an internal rift among key members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
This is as Iyiola Omisore, national secretary of the APC has demanded payment of N500 million from Salihu Lukman, vice-chairman of the party in the north-west, over alleged libel, a report by The Cable confirmed.
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Omisore threatens APC's vice-chairman
Omisore and Lukman are members of the national working committee (NWC) of the ruling party.
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On Tuesday, March 14, Lukman, while speaking during a programme on African Independent Television (AIT), reportedly said Omisore mismanaged campaign funds meant for Osun state.
“I’m aware the party has given some campaign funds to Osun which was handled by the national secretary and to some extent, he has either mismanaged it but more importantly, he’s not accounting to anybody and you have to activate the process of accountability,” the north-west vice-chairman was quoted as saying.
In a letter dated March 15 and seen by TheCable, Gboyega Oyewole, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and counsel to the APC national secretary, said Lukman’s comment is false and was aimed at maligning Omisore’s character.
“He is the main enabler”, Labour Party reacts to Tinubu’s silence over attacks on Igbos in Lagos
In another development, the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has reacted to the attacks on Igbos in Lagos state.
The Chief Spokesperson for LP, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, said the loud silence by the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the continuous ethnic profiling and hate propaganda against Igbo in Lagos State as dangerous for Nigeria’s corporate existence.
He said Nigerians expected that Tinubu as a leader and former governor of the state should have spoken out against the threats and intimidation being targeted at the Igbo and Nigerians from the South/South region in Lagos and any other tribe.
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