Babatope told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone on Thursday that he was devastated by the demise of the former governor.
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Sakil, an agro businessman who was elected during the party’s primaries in Abuja, said that he would restore the nation’s lost glory in the education and health sectors.
The adoption is coming few days after the Oyo State chapter of the Unity Party of NIGERIA also adopted Alao-Akala as its candidate
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this was contained in a communique issued at the end of the National Executive Committee MEETING of the party
The party commended the National Security Adviser and the Special Adviser to the President on Inter-Party Affairs for organising the Abuja Peace Accord workshop during which all presidential candidates signed a peace bond
Sokoto said: “The Leadership of the Unity Party of Nigeria did not authorise the suspended National Chairman nor direct any official of the party at any level to commit the party to support any presidential candidate
The date, according to the National Organising Secretary of the UPN, Dr. Ola Olateju, has already been officially communicated to the Independent National Electoral Commission by the party’s National Executive Committee through the National Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi Sokoto
The party’s National Organizing Secretary, Dr. Ola Olateju, in a statement issued on Wednesday said there was nothing of such in the organizational arrangement of the party for now
The plaintiffs in the matter are: Dr. Malwaazi Abubakar (acting National Chairman), Abubakar Abdullahi Sokoto (National Secretary), Dr. Ola Olateju (National Organizing Secretary), Alhaji Adedeji Salau (National Publicity Secretary) and Mohammed Madawaki, Office Assistant at UPN
The UPN has therefore appealed on the Inspector General of Police to call his men to order to stop this harassment of its leaders and staff.
The party specifically called for the immediate release of Mohammed Madawaki, the office cleaner, who was arrested several days ago by the police without being granted bail
According to the acting National Chairman of the party, Dr. Manzo Abubakar: “The explanation the Monitoring Committee of INEC are seeking from the legal department (of INEC) is whether our decision to suspend the National Chairman is in line with the spirit of our constitution
The National Organizing Secretary of the party, Dr. Ola Olateju, who disclosed thison Friday, pointed out that the party has not set up any disciplinary committee in Ogun State or any state of the federation
“If a Governor is elected on the platform of a political party, the honourable thing for that Governor to do is to respect the mandate given to him by the people and complete the tenure under the platform of that party; or else he should quit the post if he thinks that he no longer believes in the party under which he was elected,” the statement said
“It is the prerequisite of INEC to register us within 30 days but there is an electoral law that says if within 30 days the commission fails to write to us, such a party should deem itself registered
In addition, the UPN demanded that Lagos State must put together a package of public apology, compensation and rehabilitation for all the victims
News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos while reacting to the delay by INEC in the registration of the party