Okon is our national president, ASCSN insists

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has maintained that its national president remains, Dr. Tommy Etim Okon.

ASCSN Secretary-General, Joshua Apebo, in a statement, said Okon would continue to lead the association until its next National Delegates’ Conference (NDC), where a new national president is expected to emerge.

The association urged its members and the general public to discontenance the misinformation and disinformation in the social media, where an expelled member of the union, Bola-Audu Innocent, is claiming to be president of the association.

The union recalled that in 2021, Innocent and three others were arraigned in a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Maitama, Abuja by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), where they were accused of engaging in human trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable persons.

It posited that if FCT High Court ruled that Innocent had no case to answer in the criminal case he was facing with three others, it had nothing to do with the ASCSN.

“As far as we are concerned, Bola-Audu was expelled by organs of the association for anti-union activities and he filed a suit at the National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja to challenge his expulsion.

“It is, therefore, surprising that Bola-Audu is now claiming in the social media to be the national president of the association when the matter he instituted at the NIC is being adjudicated upon by a court of competent jurisdiction.

“If Nigeria was a sane clime, Bola-Audu would certainly have been charged for contempt of court, but in this country where the culture of impunity reigns supreme, he is still moving about freely.

“Meanwhile, our members should remain calm for they know their national president. Bola-Audu Innocent remains expelled,” the statement said.