IPMAN crisis: Controversy as two chairmen emerge in Cross River
The National President of the Association , Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo has recognized one Elder Edet Umana as chairman while the Cross River State Government announced one Mr. Robert Obi as the interim chairman of IPMAN.
“Government also now recognizes Mr. Robert Obi as the interim chairman of in the state. The government, therefore, appeals to all the parties involved in the leadership dispute in the association to join hands in the effort to find a lasting solution to the matter. The statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christia Ita said that, “All other issues shall be resolved shortly.
The National President noted that IPMAN has been law-abiding and the national leadership of which he remains the President is backed by the constitution of the Association and the Supreme Court Judgment in suit number SC/15/2018, wherein the powers upon which Caretaker state exco led by Elder Edet Umana in Cross River State was put in place.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar by state the caretaker chairman of IPMAN,the leadership crisis in Cross River State was put to rest on the 7th of August 2019 when the Chairman of the Eastern Zonal office of IPMAN, Chief Larry Nworuh, assisted by the Zonal Legal Adviser, Obasi Nnanna Esq and some other officers of the zone, inaugurated a seventeen man caretaker exco for Cross River/ Akwa Ibom State branch led by Elder Edet Clement Umana.
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