By Demola Akinyemi

ILORIN—The National Ex-officio of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Alhaji   Kolawole Musapha,  has described the purported inauguration of the western zone executive of the association in ilorin by factional members of the association as illegal.

He said the clarification became necessary because of a pending suit in court by the national executives which stated that status quo must retain in all matter of inauguration of executives until the case was disposed off.
Mustapha, one of the representatives of western zone   in the national executive, spoke in Ilorin.

He explained that by the constitutional guidelines of the association which every member was aware of, all status quo must remain since a matter concerning the national executive  was still in court.

The national officer also contended that no inauguration of new executive from his zone could take place without his consent and that the rumours of plan for the illegal inauguration of the executive by some factional members prompted him to report the matter on behalf of the chairman and secretary of Ilorin branch of the association to the security agency in Ilorin.

He also said consequently, security operatives took over to ensure that the planned illegality did not take place and even invited one of the members for interrogation before he was released.