Sunday Oginni Olaposi and Efe Tobor, the chairman of Ogun State and Delta State, respectively, have been expelled by the NNPP’s national leadership.
The Ogun and Delta chairmen were expelled from the party for participating in anti-party activities.
Dr. Agwo Major, the party’s national publicity secretary, made the expulsion of the pair official in a statement on Thursday.
He said their sack followed a meeting of the NNPP National Working Committee.
Dr. Major described the event as discouraging and said that Oginni’s expulsion, along with that of his Delta State counterpart, Dr. Efe Tobor, was due to anti-party activity.
He claimed that Oginni was one of the party members who openly sided with other parties during the most recent election.
Oginni is at the centre of controversies bordering on financial irregularities and other questionable conduct, especially following the last gubernatorial elections in the state.
Major said: “You will agree with me that no party worth its salt will condone such a misdemeanor.
“Unfortunately, some states chairmen and their executives, apart from very loud anti-party activities were accused of a plethora of wrongdoings which negated their oath of office.
“This prompted the National Working Committee to set up a Disciplinary Committee to investigate three states, including Edo, Delta, and Ogun.”
The NNPP spokesperson said while the Edo State chairman appeared before the Disciplinary Committee, the Delta State chairman, and his Ogun State counterpart, failed to appear on the two occasions they were invited.
He said: “Consequently, the NWC met on Thursday, April 27, 2023, and came up with the following decisions:
“That both the Chairman NNPP in Delta State, Chief Efe Tobor, and his Ogun State counterpart, Comrade Olaposi Sunday Ogini, have been expelled from the party, with effect from Thursday, April 27, 2023.”
He added that the executives from the state, down to the Local Government and Ward levels in Delta and Ogun states, have equally been dissolved effective Thursday, April 27, 2023.
According to him, “the expulsion of both Chief Efe Tobor and Comrade Sunday Olaposi Oginni will be taken to the National Executive Committee and the National Convention for ratification.
“Further development on these two states and others will be made public.”
Ada Peter
