Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo
Officers and men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday condoned off the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Osun State Council and barred journalists from holding itheir congress.
The security outfit, acting on the information that some journalists were coming to the centre to foment trouble, arrived there as early as 7am and condoned off the premises. Armed men of the agency manned the entrance of the NUJ and prevented anybody from entering.
It was gathered that members of the caretaker committee allegedly appointed by Waheed Odusile approached the security agency with the sole aim of preventing the congress from holding.
The development was in the aftermath of the leadership crisis which had engulfed the union since the February 2016 election of the union. The election was held on 11th February with Mr. Biodun Olalere emerging the winner and the losers congratulated the winners. The winners immediately took the oath of office supervised by all National Officers of the union led by the Vice President, ‘B’ Zone.
But a month later, the National President, Waheed Odusile, annulled the election, hinging his action on a petition he allegedly received from a group of people.
Since then the union had known no peace because the majority of the members rejected the annulment of the election and constitution of the so-called caretaker committee whose members included signatories to the said petition.
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