Okaile comes face-to-face with GU�s firing squad

Facing the crowd: Rapula PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Facing the crowd: Rapula PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Gaborone United’s (GU)chairperson, Rapula Okaile faces a defining moment as the club holds it annual general meeting (AGM) tomorrow at the Gaborone Club.

The meeting was scheduled for last month but was postponed as the attendants failed to form a quorum, which is a third of the 300 registered members, but inevitably gave Okaile’s camp, time to regroup.

Okaile, who was voted into office in 2015, has not enjoyed the best of times as GU chairperson as he has been at loggerheads with a faction of supporters since assuming power. The fight over the control of the club has landed in court as a group led by Molatedi Diole challenges Okaile’s legitimacy.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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