SWAN NEC Nullifies Lagos Chapter Elections

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has declared the predetermination that resulted successful the assignment of Olatutu Oladunni arsenic Chairman and Bello Omotunde arsenic Secretary of the relation invalid.

In a connection issued by Chimezie Anaso, Chairman of the SWAN @60 Media and Publicity Committee, and Secretary Hembadoon Orsar, the National President of SWAN, Benjamin Isaiah, and the Secretary General, Ikenna Okonkwo, confirmed that some individuals stay suspended and person mislaid the authorization to negociate oregon oversee the affairs of the Lagos State section since 4th October 2025.

This resolution, made during a gathering of the SWAN NEC, states that the Lagos State Chapter’s operations volition henceforth beryllium overseen by Aaron Akerejola, the Vice Chairman, pending the result of ongoing investigations by the Independent Investigation Committee.

It is important to enactment that Olatutu and Omotunde were suspended and prohibited from each relation activities arsenic per a determination of the NEC, successful accordance with Article 21, Sections (1) A and C of the SWAN Statute.

“Their suspensions took contiguous effect, stripping them of immoderate legitimacy to enactment connected behalf of SWAN.”
The SWAN NEC besides emphasised that nary morganatic elections person been conducted for the Lagos State chapter, and immoderate specified events purportedly organised by Olatutu and her associates are null and void.
Consequently, the nationalist enactment of SWAN has alerted information agencies, firm partners, media organisations, and the nationalist regarding the unlawful activities of the suspended members and advised against engaging with them.

“Olatutu Oladunni and Bello Omotunde should not beryllium approached for immoderate matters concerning SWAN. Their continued claims of being officials of the SWAN Lagos Chapter represent impersonation and a superior usurpation of the association’s statutes.

“As a nonrecreational association, SWAN remains committed to upholding the instrumentality and volition proceed to cooperate with applicable information authorities to guarantee that owed process, order, and statutory subject are maintained wrong its ranks,” the connection concluded.