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The attention of the National Working Committee of Alliance for New Nigeria under the leadership of Mr. Emmanuel Dania has been drawn to a news report in tribuneonline.ng about ANN entering into a strategic alliance with some other political parties through the facilitation of Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim who has been parading himself as the elected candidate of ANN and as so entered into this alliance.

As a party that believe in the principle of Transparency, Integrity and Excellence, we wish to use this medium to reiterate the following:

1. That the party Alliance for New Nigeria has only one Presidential Candidate produced during the party’s Presidential Primary and Special Convention held on Saturday, September 29, 2018 where Mr. Fela Durotoye emerged and have been duly returned and filed with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

2. That the Alliance for New Nigeria has not entered into any strategic alliance with People’s Trust (PT) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) with the intention to form a new party Alliance for People’s Trust and whoever has engaged in any discussion of this sort has done so on his own volition and without due process, approval and consent of the Board of Trustees of the Party and also its National Executive Committee.

3. That Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim was an aspirant on the platform of ANN until September 28, 2018 when he formally withdrew his participation in the party’s presidential primary that held on Saturday, September 29, 2018 and produced Mr. Fela Durotoye as its Presidential Candidate and Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim cannot continue to parade himself as the Presidential candidate of ANN and creating needless confusion.

4. That Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim equally issued press statements to the media and also published same on his Facebook page announcing his withdrawal from the primary and thus cannot be the candidate of the same party he has withdrawn from. Although he has joined forces with the former interim National Chairman of the party and have organised an illegal primary and included names of members of the BoT of ANN and founding members of the party in their claim of an expanded BoT but all of these illegalities have been refuted and disclaimed severally in the media.

5. That INEC and the Nigerian Police have been duly informed of the nefarious activities of Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim and Dr. Jay Osi Samuels which are obviously directed at causing a breakdown of public peace and causing rancour in the party and would wish to call the attention of the Inspector General of Public to these developments such that it can be nipped in the bud.

6. That both Mr. Olawepo-Hashim and Dr. Jay Osi Samuels have the freedom of association as granted them by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and can exercise this right by associating with whoever they so deem fit but should do so without involving or dragging the name of ANN into their association or alliance.

7. That only persons or group of persons mandated by the duly constituted Board of Trustees of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) can engage with anyone or group of individuals or parties on behalf of the party to pursue any of such alliance and association and where any one is under any guise engaging in any discussion of this kind, the party by the protection of the law can press charges for damages and for impersonating the party leadership.

8. That ANN would wish to advise that anyone that wish to proceed with any discussion as they deem fit should do so without involving ANN and be so advised of the repercussions of their action.

Signed:
Mr. Emmanuel Dania
National Chairman
Alliance for New Nigeria