UNITY PARTY OF NIGERIA JETTISON PLAN TO CONTEST OGUN GOVERNORSHIP SEAT
‘The Ogun State chapter of Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) is here today to make a statement of FACT and put on record our preparation for the forthcoming general elections in the state. Since we are not participating in the 2019 Governorship election in the state, UPN as party of the masses with blueprint to provide good governance to the people, have beam our searchlight across the length and breadth of Ogun State to look for a credible governorship candidate whose manifesto is in line with our party ideology and philosophy of our founder, the late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo of providing free education and qualitative healthcare system for the citizens’.
‘We have assessed all the Governorship candidates in the opposition parties in the State, but we make bold to say that the SDP Governorship candidate in the State, Otunba Olatunde Rotimi Paseda is the best and most reliable among them all. Our choice of Otunba Rotimi Paseda was based on his human feelings and lofty programmes to better the lives of Ogun State citizens if elected as Governor of the state in 2019’.
The Chairman of the party, further emphasized that, Paseda remains the only untainted candidate with impeccable character whose good integrity has consistently earned him the trust of the people, recalling that, in 2015 Paseda was the Governorship candidate of the Unity Party of Nigeria,(UPN) in Ogun State and he made good impression of himself by coming fourth in that election in less than six months of his joining our party.
‘Ever since then, he has remained committed financially to our party and single-handedly sponsored all the 120 councillorship candidates of our party in 2016 local government election that broke the political culture by producing two councilors despite the election being characterized with violence and manipulation by OGSIEC’.
‘In view of the above, we are glad to accept his decision to ceased to be UPN member and wish him well in his new platform. Today, we the members of UPN in Ogun State hereby ADOPT the SDP Governorship candidate as our candidate for the Governorship election in the state.
‘Let it be on record that, we have not collapse our structure or decamp to SDP, UPN remain intact in the state. I therefore on behalf of all the 55, 230 registered members of our party to declare our unflinching support for his gubernatorial ambition come 2019’.
‘I also call on the progressive elements and other political parties across the nooks and crannies of Ogun State to join hands with us to salvage our dear State from the hands of the tyrants by endorsing Otunba Rotimi Paseda as the next Governor of Ogun State’,Olatubosun said.
Penpushing further reports that, in a related development, the party also said it will only feature candidates only for the House of Assembly for the 2019 elections and no other elective posts, explaining that the decision to participate in the State House of Assembly election is to allow ‘us focus and channel our machineries to occupy the State Assembly in order to bring governance to the doorstep of the downtrodden in the State through robust legislature’.
