Ikeja Hotels Plc Chairman Mr. Goodie Ibru has resigned from
office.
It came barely two months after securing victory in court as the
authentic chairman of the hotel.
Ibru, recipient of the national honour of Officer of the Order of
the Niger, said he decided to take the move in the interest of the company and
the Ibru family.
Ibru, in a statement, anchored his decision on the need to
get Ikeja Hotels to perform statutory functions, which have been
impossible as a result of multiplicity of law suits by shareholders in the
contest for the management and control of the company.
He was unhappy the company was recently delisted by the Nigeria
Stock Exchange, adding that he could no longer watch the company and its
shareholders, who kept faith with the firm, continue to suffer due to the board
crisis.
He stated that the decision of Justice Kafarati of the Federal High Court,
Abuja, confirming him as chairman “vindicates his struggle for corporate
governance and provides right timing for him to retire as founding chairman
after 32 successful years in office”.
He called on the younger generation of
Ibrus to work with other shareholders to continue to carry on the torch of
excellence for which Ikeja Hotels was known for.
He added that the Ibru family has gone
through a tough phase in the recent past and as the only surviving son of the first
generation of Ibrus, he “is more committed to working with his sisters on
keeping the family united”.
The statement ended on the assurance that
the company will in due course release further details of his retirement.
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