Yesterday, Tuesday 6th March 2018, COSON chairman Efe Omorogbe and directors Dare Fasasi, Obi Asika, Joel Ajayi, Sikiru Agboola (represented by Oby Egbe and Audu Maikori (represented by Seyi Lawal) held an emergency board meeting at its COSON office Ikeja.
Although the COSON office was under lock and key under the directive of Chinedu Chukwuji, Okoroji’s key accomplice, the directors proceeded to hold the meeting in front of the COSON office.
The meeting witnessed by NCC representatives led by Mr Obi Ezeilo, director and head of Lagos Zonal Office, made a number of resolutions, among which was the disengagement of White Dove Solicitors as COSON lawyers and the withdrawal of COSON as a plaintiff in the preparatory suit of which Efe Omorogbe was notified via advance copy.
The board also adopted a resolution for the immediate suspension Mr Chinedu Chukwudi as General Manager of COSON and appointment of Bernice Eremieghe to act as general manager until further notice.
Other resolutions include the changing the signatories to the COSON account, the initiation of a full forensic audit of COSON account from January 2015 to December 2017 and consultations with the COSON lawyers, the NCC and MCSN before the adoption of a position on the court judgement.
The meeting is the first official meeting held by the authentic and elected board since the NCC pronouncements of February 10, 2018, declared the sham that was Okoroji’s December 19, 2018, EGM a nullity.