Mr Osita Okechukwu, foundation member of the APC said that the formation of All Democratic Alliance [ADA] was a welcome development and prayed it was approved for registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC].
Speaking to journalists about the newly-formed ADA, Okechukwu declared: “My take on the formation of All Democratic Alliance (ADA) is that it is a welcome development, one because am an apostle of multiparty system, which allows all the flowers to blossom and all the voices to be heard.”
Asked whether INEC will register them, given that they will pose serious threat to his political party, the APC, Okechukwu said he prayed that INEC would register them “relying on the Supreme Court judgement we got when we were in opposition.”
He submitted that INEC was independent and should not bother about APC.
“ Methinks sincerely that the ADA contrary to their promoters success mindset will enhance our party’s victory, especially President Tinubu’s 2 Term.
“ADA promoters are bench marking their strategy on the false premise that the northern electorate are quartered in dormitories and will be hauled to the polling booths to vote for would be northern presidential candidate.
“As if either they forget or deliberately ignored that the northern electorates are one of the most sophisticated electorates in our political landscape.”
Okechukwu reminded journalists that recently the ADA promoters flew the kite that by 2027 the south would have presided over Nigeria for 17 years, while the north would have presided for only 11 years.
He said that this fraudulent calculation was purely based on “conviction bias, especially when we recall that the proper calculation is that the north has presided more years over Nigeria since independence in 1960, than the south.
“That the north has presided over Nigeria more than the south was the premise people of goodwill and patriotic Nigerian politicians considered before instituting the rotation convention that president should rotate from north to south and vice versa in 1999.”
Asked his take if after his permutation the ADA decides to nominate a southerner as presidential candidate, Okechukwu quipped, “even if they respect the rotation convention and float a southern candidate, one is afraid that their huge appetite for power will becloud their vision and broadmindedness to accommodate folks in the PDP, APGA, NNPP and Labour Party.”
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