The leaders of the Committee for the Resuscitation of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), on Tuesday, in Lagos, vowed to remain steadfast in their goal in spite of the campaign of calumny by certain individuals.

Speaking on behalf of the committee, the chairman, Dr Fredrick Fasehun, accused such individuals of spreading all manner of rumours concerning the registration of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the promoters of the party.

He explained that, contrary to the claims by the antagonists, the commission had issued UPN with the registration form after it paid the N1 million fees.

Describing UPN as a moving train, he assured that while the formal processes were already in progress, the party would, in the next one month, release the list of protem officers for the national leadership, 36 states and Abuja, 774 local governments and 9,572 wards designated by the INEC.

“We shall not be stopped by the hostility of antagonists who have made it their responsibility to embark on self-serving character assassination of UPN’s protagonists, dead and alive. The evil antics of such critics have been overwhelmingly drowned by the outpouring of goodwill and support from appreciative Nigerians who have had their hopes recharged. We welcome all on board,” he stated.

Fasehun lambasted those he called some mischievous and lily-livered politicians said to be playing divisive politics in their bid to frustrate the effort at reviving the UPN, which “Nigerians in the North, South, East, West and abroad are practically falling over themselves to declare support for.”



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