Former National Publicity Secretary of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, and Convener of the OK Movement, Ladipo Johnson, has denied reports of changes in the leadership of the political group, insisting that its existing structure remains intact.
Johnson’s reaction followed announcements made through the movement’s official X account naming new officials, even though the organization’s official website continues to reflect its previous leadership.
Speaking on the development, Johnson alleged that one of the administrators of the group’s X account, Jackie Wayas, who he said is not part of the movement’s leadership, took control of the account and began issuing unauthorized statements.
Among the announcements published on the account were the appointments of former presidential candidate and National Chairman of the Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, High Chief Peter Ameh, as Director General, Muhammad Hamisu as National Secretary, and Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, as Head of the Advisory Council.
Johnson, however, maintained that John Ughulu remains the duly recognized Director General of the OK Movement, a political platform made up of supporters of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate Peter Obi and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
He alleged that Wayas exploited her access to the movement’s primary X account to issue what he described as false appointment statements without the approval of the leadership.
“The bottom line is that it is an unfortunate incident that is wrong. It is not correct. John Ughulu is still the DG,” Johnson said.
He suggested that the dispute stemmed from personal disagreements involving the Director General, warning that internal conflicts could damage the movement’s political objectives.
“You cannot have personal issues with a DG, and then you turn it into ‘we want to remove him.’ If you start fighting in public, you bring bad publicity, and some of the people encouraging such actions may not even want your principal to succeed,” he said.
Johnson further claimed that Wayas changed the password to the group’s X account after already having authorized access, enabling her to publish statements that appeared to come from the movement’s leadership.
“If you want to put it starkly, the X account was effectively hijacked. It wasn’t hacked because she already had the password, but she had no authority to issue directives on behalf of the leadership,” he said.
He added that Ughulu and Alhaji Adeleke were among those who first conceived the idea of bringing Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso together politically before the initiative later expanded into the OK Movement.
