ANA NATIONAL RE-AFFIRMS EDWARD OVIAWE LED EXCO IN EDO
The National body of the Association of Nigerian Authors has warned members of the public, corporate organizations, eminent politicians, ANA Members in Edo State to be vigilant of another deviant, unelected and unconstitutional "ANA Edo EXCO" setup and imposed by one Goodluck Osama Ogbeide whose tenure as ANA Edo Chairman was full of financial misappropriation and deceitful extortion of money from politicians in the name of the Association.
In a press statement issued and signed by the National Publicity Secretary (South) of the Association, Wole Adedoyin, indicting the immediate past Chairman and his imposed, unconstitutional ANA Edo EXCO led by one Mrs. Christy Omorogbe of using the name of ANA Edo to engage in all sort of unauthorized and illegal activities that would drag the name of ANA in the mud.
According to the Statement, “A High Court in Abuja recently waded into the crisis which has been rocking the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) for many months. The judge, Peter Affen, in a ruling on January 12, ruled against Ahmed Maiwada, another illegal and self appointed President of ANA in whose camp Goodluck Osama Ogbeide and Mrs. Christy Omorogbe belong to, who sought the upturn of the processes which brought in his rival, Camillus Ukah on July 17th, 2020.”
The ruling was after a preliminary objection by the defendants on, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the matter on the grounds that the suit was incompetent as the ”required consent was not obtained from the proper authorities of the claimant”.
The defendants had also said the suit was intended to ”embarrass and annoy the defendants and was mischievous, malicious, frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of court process”.
“Confidant Edward Oviawe was part of the struggle while the case was in court. He represented ANA Edo before and after the ruling of the Abuja High Court. There is no doubt that the election which took place on Saturday, 31st October, 2020 which brought in Confidant Edward Oviawe as the duly elected ANA Edo Chairman was not only legal and constitutional but also got the approval of the National Executive Council led by Camillus Uka, ANA Board of Trustees (Chaired by Professor Ernest Emeyonu) and ANA Advisory Council (Chaired by Professor Femi OSofisan).”
The statement also asked the newly elected ANA Edo EXCO ably led by Confidant Edward Oviawe to look into the financial records of the Association in the state which some ANA Edo members alleged is shrouded in secrecy since the inception of Goodluck Osama Ogbeide’s ANA Edo leadership about four years ago.
“We are aware of how Mrs. Christy Omorogbe and her illegal EXCOS are attempting to fraudulently impose themselves as leaders of the Association in Edo State without being elected as provisioned in the ANA constitution and now parading themselves “new ANA Edo EXCO".
We are also aware that Goodluck Osama Ogbeide imposed Mrs. Christy Omorogbe in order to cover up his illegal and shoddy deals perpetrated while he was in office four years ago.
The statement further recalled how the National arm of the Association had received different complaints by some members of ANA Edo which raised certain integrity issues against the former Chairman. The Camillus Ukah's led ANA administration is resolute in its commitment to purge the Association of some serious organizational anomalies noticed in some chapters of the Association across the country.
Adedoyin, finally urged members of the public, governments, corporate organizations and ANA Members in Edo State to abstain and stop dealing with this imposed, illegal, self-appointed and unconstitutional group led by Ahmed Maiwada, Goodluck Osama Ogbeide and Mrs. Christy Omorogbe and warned that whosoever transacts any business with them do so at his or her own risk.
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