Fela Durotoyes ANN dumps CUPP
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the ann is the second major group to sever links with cupp1 the national chairman alliance for new nigeria ann dr jay osi samuel has dissociated the group from the loose alliance of 30 partiesformed by the peoples democratic party on monday1 i was invited for a meeting which i wasnt properly briefed about the agenda of the meeting and when i got to the meeting and i saw the attendance and what was being discussed i wasnt comfortable because what was being discussed did not represent what alliance for new nigeria ann as a party believes in he said1 so i decided to take my leave. i didnt even have any idea of what they were there for but i knew i was informed but when i got there i was sweating and i finally took the decision of not participating in the meeting1 dr. samuel made this known during the partys nec meeting and the declaration of intention by its presidential aspirants on wednesday in abuja1 ann is clearly focusing on what we believe in and why we came up as a party. from the very beginning we were coming to wrestle with any of the current major political parties whether it is apc or pdp1 we wanted to create our plans. our agenda is to create a new voting bloc not the currently existing crop of leaders and do away with current leaders1 what i saw in that room was the same people that we are committed to retiring. we have our hashtag we have been running almost to a year now to replace. so i wasnt comfortable coming to a room where i saw all the grandfathers and the grand patrons of all and everything that has been wrong with nigeria politically in a room he declared1 he said the party walked out of the coalition of united political parties cupp because the two parties have different ideologies1 on tuesday alhaji balarabe musa the national chairman of the peoples redemption party also denounced cupp for being an opportunistic alliance1 he said his party was not part of the group1 i dont think a coalition like this which is opportunistic will be able to defeat the governing party that is the all progressives congress apc musa told nan1 remember the reason for coming together is simply because they have lost the opportunities for sharing power1 it is not because of anything which they can do which apc didnt do. no it is not because they have a different ideological position1 there is no fundamental difference between them and the apc they are just an electoral gang to defeat the apc. i dont think the coalition is enough he said1 according to him what is needed is an alliance which is ideologically more focused than the apc and not just an aberration of what apc stands for1 in any case also they have to contend with other alliances. i dont think it will make any difference at all musa said1