The saga with the formal presidential aspirant of ACPN seems not to have come to an end, both parties, which include the aspirant and its members continue to ravel all and we but just wounder.
The Formal aspirant just came out again declaring that its formal party members where only interested on monetary gains.
Fire me, I fire you, is part of the lyrics of a popular song in Nigeria and that is the song that the former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, and the leadership of her party are singing.
It is called ‘war of words’ and both the leadership of the party and Dr. Ezekwesili, who prides herself as Mama Naija, are engaging in it, with Mama giving further insight into why she left the party.
Her party has disowned her and made defamatory statements against her, with claims that she paid just 100,000 Naira for their nomination form that was over 10 million Naira.
They want her to give account of how she spent the donations she received and return ‘their money’.
But the former Presidential candidate, who withdrew from the race on Thursday morning, said her abiding vision will swallow what she called lies of her estranged political party.
People have said she made a smart move, beating the party to their plot that was almost ready to push her out and make a mess of her.
The party’s decision to align with the All Progressives Congress (APC) that her party had always said they wanted to kick out all through Oby’s campaign, has a lot to say about what was coming.
To give Nigerians a better understanding of why she left, she released a statement on Friday.
It read: “Some hours ago, I arrived far flung Cabo in Mexico where our Albert Einstein’s Genius100 Visionaries meeting is holding.
“I was delighted to read reactions of real patriots to my announcement that I have decided to withdraw from the 2019 presidential race and end my membership of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN).
“I have also seen the reaction of ACPN leadership to my decision.
“Fortunately, they have divinely helped me by making the Nigerian public now fully understand why I had to swiftly depart from their midst.
“How could I upon realising the divergence of values and vision with the leadership of the party continue to stand on such a political platform?
“My abiding vision has been to mobilise citizens to disrupt the old order politics of APC-PDP.
“Nigeria and Nigerians deserve a New Order of ethical, competent and capable leadership. I had earlier assumed the ACPN was aligned with me to offer that, until it proved otherwise.
“The values and vision divergence with the party was a key factor that triggered my withdrawal from the presidential race on their ticket prompting me to dissociate immediately in order to help build a coalition for Good Governance.
“It is why I was instant in sacrificing my candidacy to uphold my values by withdrawing.
“The party’s decision to immediately today endorse the candidate of APC, which was announced by my erstwhile VP candidate who is also the Chairman of ACPN was their classic political entrepreneurship in full display for Nigerians to see. It is instructive.
“The party leadership’s transactional approach to politics began to manifest in their attitude following after the convention that adopted me as their presidential candidate.
“All who know me can attest that I detest transactional mindset.
“I would have none of such and therefore extremely delighted to part ways after a tumultuous three months of hoping that the ACPN leadership would elevate to the new values of disruptive politics that one had desired for and preached within the party.
“As for the defamatory statements made against my person by the ACPN leadership in their malicious statement, I want Nigerians to know that there is NO IOTA of truth in any of them. Everything ACPN wrote or said of the campaign donations is fabrication and outright lies.
“Our campaign was conducted with the highest level of transparency and accountability with impeccable evidence.
“I know and can guarantee that at all times because, these standards firmly underpin my commitment to lasting values and professionalism.
“Only those who desperately wish to believe falsehoods would lend any credence to such puerile accusations by the leadership of ACPN.
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