ABPON Steps aside vice president for proper investigation

The association of beauty pageant organizers of Nigeria ABPON yesterday held an emergency national executive meeting to deliberate on the ongoing issue of deformation of character against one of its national executive member Mr Ejiro Opkihwo who is the vice president of the beauty pageant umbrella body.

The national president of the organization Mr Barry Avotu Johnson 1^st had a meeting in Abuja last night with members of the national executive and the body decided to investigate the matter leveled against its vice president and the issue of his stepping aside was put on table with a vote by the house.

The house voted that their vice president steps aside while he is being investigated on the charges leveled against him by Ruggedman on a national news blog.

We are doing this to show how credible ABPON is to regulating the beauty pageant industry in Nigeria Mr Barry had said. Our national interest shall always be what we stand for as an association and nothing can ever stand against this organization moving from a point of dignity to dignity.

We are a very positively thinking association and I quote nobody shall show any disrespect to the beauty pageant regulatory body and go scot free this is because we have suffered to build our reputation over the years.

My vice president Mr Ejiro is hereby advised to step aside as ABPON’s national vice president so that a proper investigation on the case leveled against him can commence and if he’s found guilty he will be expelled from been the national vice president of our great body.

And on the point we have also appointed our Mr Val national secretary to chair the ABPON investigation panel set up to inquire on the case and we have thereby requested that report should be made to the house in two working days so that our final decision on this case be made public to Nigerians so that every other embarrassing matter can stop showing its face on the personality and integrity of ABPON as the only regulatory organization set up to put rights and privileges in place in the beauty pageant sector in Nigeria.

Barry appealed to all Nigerians to relax and wait for a decision that shall be taken regarding to the investigations collated by the Mr. Val’s investigation panel.