Woman Presidential aspirant pulls out of ANN Convention, alleges hijack
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for me i am here to cause a total shift from the old and stinking thinking politics that has held us in servitude to backwardness and poverty. never must new wine be put in an old wine skin. it certainly will burst ideh said1 dr. elishama ideh a presidential aspirant under the platform of the alliance for a new nigeria ann has pulled out of the party alleging that the party has been hijacked1 according to her the principled upon which she joined the party has been eroded and replaced with a new order completely different and with corrupt tendencies of the past1 she stressed that she remains resolute in her determination to birth a new nigeria but added that she would do that under a new platform which she would disclose at a later date1 as things stand at the moment the party structure has been hijacked by a certain character interestingly up till now this character has not as much as declared his interest in running1 it is evident that theres no level playing field for aspirants on the platform of the party and we are being sidelined in the agreed processes1 to this end i will not be participating in the partys convention scheduled for tomorrow saturday august 11 20181 i am not desperate to be in a particular political party i have principles and values that have regulated my life up until now and they are that have invested me with the passion and zeal for a new nigeria1 briefing newsmen in abuja on friday dr. ideh said that she would not be participating in the partys convention scheduled for saturday august 111 she however insisted that she was not backing away from her aspiration to be the president of nigeria1 let it be clear that i stand on the right side of history and that this ship of destiny is still very much on course to bring nigeria into a new day of prosperity and progress1 my desire is to serve my fatherland with integrity compassion and purpose and to entrench the principles of shared vision shared value and shared responsibility in our nation1 this easily is the pathway for our nation to emerge out of the present quagmire into the true freedom of productive nations1 and this i am totally committed to as annunciated in my 7 point agenda required to eradicate extreme poverty that cover the following fundamental areas1 security law and order human capital development great affordable and accessible healthcare good governance industrialisation and infrastructure women and youth inclusion and sports and tourism she said1 she added that she would announce a new party on a later date1