Crisis festers as Caretaker Committee announces indefinite closure of Lagos Country Club

In a bid to arrest the burgeoning leadership crisis that is assailing it, the management of Lagos Country Club has temporarily closed the club purportedly for safety reasons.

The announcement was contained in a public notice jointly signed by Chief Muniru Moradeyo and Sunny Ukhuelegbe, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Caretaker Committee respectively.

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In the public notice, dated October 12, 2024, a copy of which was made available to THE CONCLAVE, the caretaker committee said that its attention had been drawn to an illegal emergency general meeting (EGM) purportedly held by some disgruntled members of the Club on Thursday, the 10th of October, 2024.

It stated that the October 10, 2024 meeting was held notwithstanding the directive of the Caretaker Committee against it and the fact that there were two pending cases before the Court seeking that the EGM should not hold pending the outcome of the cases.

“The EGM resolution attempts to overthrow the present Caretaker Committee and supplant this constituted authority with another committee contrary to the Consent Judgement under which the present Caretaker Committee was inaugurated without a Court Order and in contempt of the Consent Judgement and pending cases,

“This is an attempted coup d’e tat and extreme lawlessness which we, as law-abiding people, will not allow to happen.

“Due to the threats of violence being made by some elements of this group, and in order to avoid harm to Club members and their families and possible damage to property, we have come to the necessary though unpalatable decision to close the Club immediately with effect from Saturday, the 12th of October, 2024 until further notice and we urge everyone to stay away from the Club for now.

“We shall update you on developments and re-open the Club as soon as it is safe to do so,” the notice stated.