UTILITYMAY: I never believed in this guy again since he played the spoiler role in the emergence of a consensus candidate amidst the youths candidates in 2018 towards the 2019 elections.
It was Omoyele Sowore (AAC), Kingsley Moghalu (YPP), and Tope Fasua (ANRP) that never allowed the merger of the Presidential Aspirants of all the new parties became successful. The process was tagged Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT).
The Story: The new and "young" aspirants of the new parties all met in June/July 2018 with the intention of yielding to the voices of Nigerian youths asking them to come together and present a common front. They all agreed to do this within themselves by voting. The process was a very simple process; you are not allowed to vote for yourself: "IF NOT ME THEN WHO?" Meaning that you should vote for another aspirant and it will be the same process stages Incase there are ties, till one person finally emerge.
August 31st, 2018 was fixed for the date of the election, with Madam Obi Ezekweseli nominated to be the moderator. That was before she declared to run.
It was about a week to the fixed date, Omoyele Sowore came up with online(YouTube or Facebook) voting. You know he is more popular on social media and he owns the social media space, it would be easy for him to manipulate the outcome. The other aspirants rejected his suggestion and he pulled out of the PACT.
NOTE: At this time, Sowore was not in any party, no one knew the party he was going to run for President, he had only declared to run. But FD was in ANN, KM was in YPP, TF was in ANRP, and the rest in their respective parties. It was on Sowore that does not have a party yet as at then.
Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua pulled out of the process before the date fixed for the in-house election. Kingsley Moghalu, Fela Durotoye, and other eleven candidates came for the election. After the first round, Moghalu and Durotoye had same votes (ties) being the highest of all. The both of them went for the second round. Durotoye defeated Moghalu with 4 votes to 3 votes. Moghalu congratulated Durotoye but left immediately to address the press outside the venue that he is no longer interested in PACT. That was how the whole process flopped in 2019. So FD had no option than to continue running, after all, he won. In fact, he nearly stepped down for Kingsley Moghalu, but wisdom demands that he should not do such for someone that failed to honour an agreement. Now, same Moghalu and Sowore are coming up again to deceive us of when we all know they are greedy and hunger for power by all means.
2019 would have been a very good outing for them if only they allowed the process to work, though they won't win, but 2023 would do the deal. Nothing for any New Candidates again in the country, mark my words. I can never trust KINGSLEY MOGHALU with my vote.
These are the names of the aspirants who participated in the PACT after Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua pulled out:
*Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese
*Mathias Tsado
*Kingsley Moghalu
*Fela Durotoye
*Dr Favour Oluwamuyiwa
*Dr Elishama Ideh
* Dare Fagbemi
*Victor Ani-Laju
*Godstime Iroabuchi
*Clement Jimbo
Here is a press release to what I wrote up there:
THE MANY LIES OF KINGSLEY MOGHALU: A REJOINDER FROM PACT
Our attention has been drawn to the recent release made by the Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party, Kingsley Moghalu, as it affects his role in the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) and the 2019 presidential election.
It has thus become expedient for us to put the record straight for the sake of posterity.
PACT was formed with just one aim; to get all New Breed Presidential Aspirants to come together and present one Consensus Candidate, while others queue behind the fellow so that we can collectively wrestle power from the Old Brigades and restore our nation to a path of progress.
The story of PACT is in public domain, so we shall not bother to go over it all over.
We shall however restrict ourselves to addressing the issues raised by Kingsley Moghalu in his release and several pronouncements.
1. THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF HOW DR OBY EZEKWESILI CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
PACT had a WhatsApp platform on which we discussed issues relating to the emergence of a Consensus Candidate, which was our primary objective.
Right from the inception of PACT, all our meetings were moderated by Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, who was also a Presidential Aspirant and a member of PACT.
However, after the meeting before the last, some members suggested on the platform, that we should get a neutral person, possibly a respectable national figure, who will preside over the meeting and serve as the umpire during the electioneering process.
The media sub-committee contacted Dr Oby Ezekwesili, who had to cancel some of her itineraries to honour our invitation.
None of the PACT members including Prof Kingsley Moghalu raised objection to Dr Ezekwesili serving as the umpire on our WhatsApp platform and none raised objection when she was physically present, before the commencement of the election, during or immediately after the election.
Dr Oby Ezekwesili was never a member of PACT. We the members of PACT collectively invited her formally as an umpire, based on her track record as an uncompromising nation builder and she obliged us as part of her sacrifice to seeing the birth of a New Nigeria. She proved her worth again, by supervising the PACT election in a very transparent manner. Why Kingsley Moghalu seeks to paint her black, has orchestrated attacks and spreading of falsehoods against her, simply because he narrowly lost an election which he had so much confidence that he would win, amazes us!
2. THAT HE WAS SHOCKED AT THE PROCESS
Kingsley Moghalu was in deed a part of the process and raised no objection at any time.
In fact, Kingsley Moghalu, as a lawyer himself, played a major role in amending the Memorandum of Understanding, adding and removing clauses from the original document that was prepared by our lawyer, after which he certified the document as okay.
During the first round, Fela Durotoye, Kingsley Moghalu and Mathias Tsado scored 2 votes each, Dr Elishama Ideh scored 1 vote, Godstime Iroabuchi scored 1 vote, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese scored 1 vote, Favour Oluwamuyiwa scored 1 vote and Dare Fagbemi scored 1 vote.
The three topmost aspirants then proceeded to the next round, as agreed in the MOU, after which Durotoye scored 4 votes and Moghalu scored 3 votes.
Kingsley Moghalu then walked up to Durotoye and congratulated him in the presence of other members of PACT.
If he had reservations about the process, why did he not complain on the WhatsApp platform? Why did he not complain when he sighted Dr Oby Ezekwesili in the room? Why did he subject himself to the process? Why did he congratulate Durotoye at the end of the process?
3. THAT CLAUSE 13 OF THE MOU STATES THAT HE IS AT LIBERTY TO WALK AWAY AND PURSUE HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION.
We shall reproduce verbatim, the content of the 13th clause herein;
"It is also agreed by the Aspirants, that nothing in this document herein shall infringe on the legal right of any Aspirants, including but not limited to his constitutional freedom of association, freedom of expression and other rights as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other relevant laws".
This 13th clause did not state that an aspirant who fails to be elected as the Consensus Candidate can yet proceed to pursue his Presidential ambition. It only serves to protect the right of aspirants against any statute that contravenes the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It is expedient to highlight the provision of clause 10 which states thus:
"The Aspirants therefore agree not to further contest against the preferred Consensus Candidate".
NB: The copy of the MOU is herein attached.
4. THAT PACT WAS A DELIBERATE PLOY TO AMBUSH HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION AND EXTERMINATE HIS POLITICAL PURSUIT
Our noble intention was to bring all New Breed Presidential hopefuls to the table, get them to vote amongst themselves and pick the aspirant with the highest vote, as the Consensus Candidate. Moghalu was very close to becoming that Candidate. He lost to Durotoye by just one vote in a very transparent election. How could he suddenly turn around and claim that the process was designed to ambush his ambition?
Moghalu owes Dr Oby Ezekwesili and members of PACT an apology for this deliberate misinformation.
SUMMARY
It's on record, that Moghalu called members of PACT individually ahead of the election, and even sent lobysts across to others, soliciting for their votes, on the grounds that he's the "most qualified" of all the New Breed Presidential hopefuls in Nigeria.
Yet in a recent interview, he said he does not consider the PACT's process as credible!
When asked by the interviewer what his position would have been if he had won, he said; "if I had won, it would have been credible"!
So, the process is "not credible", simply because he lost.
Kingsley Moghalu has shown that he's not worthy of public trust, as his utterances since he did not emerge as the Consensus Candidate of PACT have been heavily laden with lies and deliberate mis-information.
It is therefore time and imperative for us to publish this rebuttal statement.
We hope that this statement shall set straight all public information and records related to PACT and at the same time, factually defend Oby Ezekwesili from any further unwarranted attacks for the patriotic role she played as our umpire.
Signed on behalf of PACT:
*Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese
*Mathias Tsado
*Fela Durotoye
*Dr Favour Oluwamuyiwa
*Dr Elishama Ideh
* Dare Fagbemi
*Victor Ani-Laju
*Godstime Iroabuchi
*Clement Jimbo
Dated 17th January, 2019
See fact o. Can we v a party of youth merger? Let's rescue ourselves & Nigeria.
Nice advert the guy should better go do advert for multinational companies and chop their money.This is Nigeria ,Agberos,Touts ,Iya Loja,Osanya boys no dey listen to things like this and Na dem they vote pass
fasho01: This to me is the best candidate so far, campaign advert aside. We need to change the narrative of this country and stop packaging old thieves in the popular parties. Power belongs to the people and we have the final say. Sadly we know how this will end
Forget English ,If he like make he add BIll Gate,Dangote ,Elon Musk for the advert,he no fit see draw. If he is so good as they claimed let him join any of the winning party and slug it out with them in the primary,At least he was former deputy governor of CBN ,and to get to the post not child’s play.Even for America ,the contest is always between Democrats and Republicans .Make we no dey deceive ourselves in this country.
Sweetplum: See fact o. Can we v a party of youth merger? Let's rescue ourselves & Nigeria.
Party of Youth merger ?Yahaya Bello no be youth?Orji Uzo Kalu,Saraki and many were in their 30s when they became Governors and what was the outcome? Even Tunde Rabiu,the recharge card seller is in his 30s and now a billionaire overnight. Abeg ,make all man hursle for himself .
Party of Youth merger ?Yahaya Bello no be youth?Orji Uzo Kalu,Saraki and many were in their 30s when they became Governors and what was the outcome? Even Tunde Rabiu,the recharge card seller is in his 30s and now a billionaire overnight. Abeg ,make all man hursle for himself .
Yaya Bello belonged to the thieving APC. We shall not return to Egypt. And you shot yourself by mentioning Saraki & Kalu. Both are soiled & one is a convicted thief. Both aren't youths anymore. There weren't useful in youth & now want to come as one of the old cargos. Just getat.
Quitam: Campaign ad that the people that matter (i.e the masses) might never see. People like Moghalu are just jokers. Nigerian presidency ia one of the toughest jobs. You gotta get used to the system by vying for lower posts e.g governorship or managing big organizations. Moghalu doesn't have such experience. OBJ and Buhari were former heads of states. Yaradua and GEJ were former governors. Currently, serious contenders to Number 1 seat were former governors. For Osinbajo, not being a former governor will be a big disadvantage to him because he will obviously lack grassroots support structure
Going by your analysis, can we categorically say that Peter obi is a grassroot politician with reliable grassroot support being an ex-governor himself.
It is too long for a jungle. Would be a better fit for live presentation. The beginning part is too dull too. For this to fly, engage someone immediately and sustain it fir not more then two minutes, but leave a stricking message.
UTILITYMAY: I never believed in this guy again since he played the spoiler role in the emergence of a consensus candidate amidst the youths candidates in 2018 towards the 2019 elections.
It was Omoyele Sowore (AAC), Kingsley Moghalu (YPP), and Tope Fasua (ANRP) that never allowed the merger of the Presidential Aspirants of all the new parties became successful. The process was tagged Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT).
The Story: The new and "young" aspirants of the new parties all met in June/July 2018 with the intention of yielding to the voices of Nigerian youths asking them to come together and present a common front. They all agreed to do this within themselves by voting. The process was a very simple process; you are not allowed to vote for yourself: "IF NOT ME THEN WHO?" Meaning that you should vote for another aspirant and it will be the same process stages Incase there are ties, till one person finally emerge.
August 31st, 2018 was fixed for the date of the election, with Madam Obi Ezekweseli nominated to be the moderator. That was before she declared to run.
It was about a week to the fixed date, Omoyele Sowore came up with online(YouTube or Facebook) voting. You know he is more popular on social media and he owns the social media space, it would be easy for him to manipulate the outcome. The other aspirants rejected his suggestion and he pulled out of the PACT.
NOTE: At this time, Sowore was not in any party, no one knew the party he was going to run for President, he had only declared to run. But FD was in ANN, KM was in YPP, TF was in ANRP, and the rest in their respective parties. It was on Sowore that does not have a party yet as at then.
Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua pulled out of the process before the date fixed for the in-house election. Kingsley Moghalu, Fela Durotoye, and other eleven candidates came for the election. After the first round, Moghalu and Durotoye had same votes (ties) being the highest of all. The both of them went for the second round. Durotoye defeated Moghalu with 4 votes to 3 votes. Moghalu congratulated Durotoye but left immediately to address the press outside the venue that he is no longer interested in PACT. That was how the whole process flopped in 2019. So FD had no option than to continue running, after all, he won. In fact, he nearly stepped down for Kingsley Moghalu, but wisdom demands that he should not do such for someone that failed to honour an agreement. Now, same Moghalu and Sowore are coming up again to deceive us of when we all know they are greedy and hunger for power by all means.
2019 would have been a very good outing for them if only they allowed the process to work, though they won't win, but 2023 would do the deal. Nothing for any New Candidates again in the country, mark my words. I can never trust KINGSLEY MOGHALU with my vote.
These are the names of the aspirants who participated in the PACT after Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua pulled out:
*Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese
*Mathias Tsado
*Kingsley Moghalu
*Fela Durotoye
*Dr Favour Oluwamuyiwa
*Dr Elishama Ideh
* Dare Fagbemi
*Victor Ani-Laju
*Godstime Iroabuchi
*Clement Jimbo
Here is a press release to what I wrote up there:
THE MANY LIES OF KINGSLEY MOGHALU: A REJOINDER FROM PACT
Our attention has been drawn to the recent release made by the Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party, Kingsley Moghalu, as it affects his role in the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) and the 2019 presidential election.
It has thus become expedient for us to put the record straight for the sake of posterity.
PACT was formed with just one aim; to get all New Breed Presidential Aspirants to come together and present one Consensus Candidate, while others queue behind the fellow so that we can collectively wrestle power from the Old Brigades and restore our nation to a path of progress.
The story of PACT is in public domain, so we shall not bother to go over it all over.
We shall however restrict ourselves to addressing the issues raised by Kingsley Moghalu in his release and several pronouncements.
1. THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF HOW DR OBY EZEKWESILI CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
PACT had a WhatsApp platform on which we discussed issues relating to the emergence of a Consensus Candidate, which was our primary objective.
Right from the inception of PACT, all our meetings were moderated by Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, who was also a Presidential Aspirant and a member of PACT.
However, after the meeting before the last, some members suggested on the platform, that we should get a neutral person, possibly a respectable national figure, who will preside over the meeting and serve as the umpire during the electioneering process.
The media sub-committee contacted Dr Oby Ezekwesili, who had to cancel some of her itineraries to honour our invitation.
None of the PACT members including Prof Kingsley Moghalu raised objection to Dr Ezekwesili serving as the umpire on our WhatsApp platform and none raised objection when she was physically present, before the commencement of the election, during or immediately after the election.
Dr Oby Ezekwesili was never a member of PACT. We the members of PACT collectively invited her formally as an umpire, based on her track record as an uncompromising nation builder and she obliged us as part of her sacrifice to seeing the birth of a New Nigeria. She proved her worth again, by supervising the PACT election in a very transparent manner. Why Kingsley Moghalu seeks to paint her black, has orchestrated attacks and spreading of falsehoods against her, simply because he narrowly lost an election which he had so much confidence that he would win, amazes us!
2. THAT HE WAS SHOCKED AT THE PROCESS
Kingsley Moghalu was in deed a part of the process and raised no objection at any time.
In fact, Kingsley Moghalu, as a lawyer himself, played a major role in amending the Memorandum of Understanding, adding and removing clauses from the original document that was prepared by our lawyer, after which he certified the document as okay.
During the first round, Fela Durotoye, Kingsley Moghalu and Mathias Tsado scored 2 votes each, Dr Elishama Ideh scored 1 vote, Godstime Iroabuchi scored 1 vote, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese scored 1 vote, Favour Oluwamuyiwa scored 1 vote and Dare Fagbemi scored 1 vote.
The three topmost aspirants then proceeded to the next round, as agreed in the MOU, after which Durotoye scored 4 votes and Moghalu scored 3 votes.
Kingsley Moghalu then walked up to Durotoye and congratulated him in the presence of other members of PACT.
If he had reservations about the process, why did he not complain on the WhatsApp platform? Why did he not complain when he sighted Dr Oby Ezekwesili in the room? Why did he subject himself to the process? Why did he congratulate Durotoye at the end of the process?
3. THAT CLAUSE 13 OF THE MOU STATES THAT HE IS AT LIBERTY TO WALK AWAY AND PURSUE HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION.
We shall reproduce verbatim, the content of the 13th clause herein;
"It is also agreed by the Aspirants, that nothing in this document herein shall infringe on the legal right of any Aspirants, including but not limited to his constitutional freedom of association, freedom of expression and other rights as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other relevant laws".
This 13th clause did not state that an aspirant who fails to be elected as the Consensus Candidate can yet proceed to pursue his Presidential ambition. It only serves to protect the right of aspirants against any statute that contravenes the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It is expedient to highlight the provision of clause 10 which states thus:
"The Aspirants therefore agree not to further contest against the preferred Consensus Candidate".
NB: The copy of the MOU is herein attached.
4. THAT PACT WAS A DELIBERATE PLOY TO AMBUSH HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION AND EXTERMINATE HIS POLITICAL PURSUIT
Our noble intention was to bring all New Breed Presidential hopefuls to the table, get them to vote amongst themselves and pick the aspirant with the highest vote, as the Consensus Candidate. Moghalu was very close to becoming that Candidate. He lost to Durotoye by just one vote in a very transparent election. How could he suddenly turn around and claim that the process was designed to ambush his ambition?
Moghalu owes Dr Oby Ezekwesili and members of PACT an apology for this deliberate misinformation.
SUMMARY
It's on record, that Moghalu called members of PACT individually ahead of the election, and even sent lobysts across to others, soliciting for their votes, on the grounds that he's the "most qualified" of all the New Breed Presidential hopefuls in Nigeria.
Yet in a recent interview, he said he does not consider the PACT's process as credible!
When asked by the interviewer what his position would have been if he had won, he said; "if I had won, it would have been credible"!
So, the process is "not credible", simply because he lost.
Kingsley Moghalu has shown that he's not worthy of public trust, as his utterances since he did not emerge as the Consensus Candidate of PACT have been heavily laden with lies and deliberate mis-information.
It is therefore time and imperative for us to publish this rebuttal statement.
We hope that this statement shall set straight all public information and records related to PACT and at the same time, factually defend Oby Ezekwesili from any further unwarranted attacks for the patriotic role she played as our umpire.
It's okay but definitely not the best. It's actually very bland, mediocre and ordinary. Looks like something secondary students presented at their End Of Year party.
Sweetplum: Yaya Bello belonged to the thieving APC. We shall not return to Egypt. And you shot yourself by mentioning Saraki & Kalu. Both are soiled & one is a convicted thief. Both aren't youths anymore. There weren't useful in youth & now want to come as one of the old cargos. Just getat.
You don’t understand my post,no need to argue .Continue to wait for a youth leader/president that will turn one dollar to one naira .Thank you.
Imindmywords: This is the best political campaign ad ever! I will buy you data if you can show me a better one. .......Kingsley Moghalu, what have you done!?
adverts doesn't win elections; in a country like Nigeria, even manifestos don't win elections! Presidential debates doesn't even do jack.
All you need to do is to get agents (not thugs) in all the states of the federation whose job will be to be visiting different locations in each state and promoting your candidate that is if you don't want to play dirty like the politicians you criticize. But if you want to play dirty, visit bars, viewing centers, motor parks meet rough guys, gangs, head of cult groups; give them money and promise them a place in the government. They will not only give you results, they will give you their lives
Imindmywords: This is the best political campaign ad ever! I will buy you data if you can show me a better one. .......Kingsley Moghalu, what have you done!?
gracealonev: I don't think this is the best advert yet. It's targeted at an age bracket - 18 to below 30, especially those still bearing deep-seated anger against the handling of #endsars protest by Buhari and APC.
UTILITYMAY: I never believed in this guy again since he played the spoiler role in the emergence of a consensus candidate amidst the youths candidates in 2018 towards the 2019 elections.
It was Omoyele Sowore (AAC), Kingsley Moghalu (YPP), and Tope Fasua (ANRP) that never allowed the merger of the Presidential Aspirants of all the new parties became successful. The process was tagged Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT).
The Story: The new and "young" aspirants of the new parties all met in June/July 2018 with the intention of yielding to the voices of Nigerian youths asking them to come together and present a common front. They all agreed to do this within themselves by voting. The process was a very simple process; you are not allowed to vote for yourself: "IF NOT ME THEN WHO?" Meaning that you should vote for another aspirant and it will be the same process stages Incase there are ties, till one person finally emerge.
August 31st, 2018 was fixed for the date of the election, with Madam Obi Ezekweseli nominated to be the moderator. That was before she declared to run.
It was about a week to the fixed date, Omoyele Sowore came up with online(YouTube or Facebook) voting. You know he is more popular on social media and he owns the social media space, it would be easy for him to manipulate the outcome. The other aspirants rejected his suggestion and he pulled out of the PACT.
NOTE: At this time, Sowore was not in any party, no one knew the party he was going to run for President, he had only declared to run. But FD was in ANN, KM was in YPP, TF was in ANRP, and the rest in their respective parties. It was on Sowore that does not have a party yet as at then.
Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua pulled out of the process before the date fixed for the in-house election. Kingsley Moghalu, Fela Durotoye, and other eleven candidates came for the election. After the first round, Moghalu and Durotoye had same votes (ties) being the highest of all. The both of them went for the second round. Durotoye defeated Moghalu with 4 votes to 3 votes. Moghalu congratulated Durotoye but left immediately to address the press outside the venue that he is no longer interested in PACT. That was how the whole process flopped in 2019. So FD had no option than to continue running, after all, he won. In fact, he nearly stepped down for Kingsley Moghalu, but wisdom demands that he should not do such for someone that failed to honour an agreement. Now, same Moghalu and Sowore are coming up again to deceive us of when we all know they are greedy and hunger for power by all means.
2019 would have been a very good outing for them if only they allowed the process to work, though they won't win, but 2023 would do the deal. Nothing for any New Candidates again in the country, mark my words. I can never trust KINGSLEY MOGHALU with my vote.
These are the names of the aspirants who participated in the PACT after Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua pulled out:
*Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese
*Mathias Tsado
*Kingsley Moghalu
*Fela Durotoye
*Dr Favour Oluwamuyiwa
*Dr Elishama Ideh
* Dare Fagbemi
*Victor Ani-Laju
*Godstime Iroabuchi
*Clement Jimbo
Here is a press release to what I wrote up there:
THE MANY LIES OF KINGSLEY MOGHALU: A REJOINDER FROM PACT
Our attention has been drawn to the recent release made by the Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party, Kingsley Moghalu, as it affects his role in the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) and the 2019 presidential election.
It has thus become expedient for us to put the record straight for the sake of posterity.
PACT was formed with just one aim; to get all New Breed Presidential Aspirants to come together and present one Consensus Candidate, while others queue behind the fellow so that we can collectively wrestle power from the Old Brigades and restore our nation to a path of progress.
The story of PACT is in public domain, so we shall not bother to go over it all over.
We shall however restrict ourselves to addressing the issues raised by Kingsley Moghalu in his release and several pronouncements.
1. THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF HOW DR OBY EZEKWESILI CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
PACT had a WhatsApp platform on which we discussed issues relating to the emergence of a Consensus Candidate, which was our primary objective.
Right from the inception of PACT, all our meetings were moderated by Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, who was also a Presidential Aspirant and a member of PACT.
However, after the meeting before the last, some members suggested on the platform, that we should get a neutral person, possibly a respectable national figure, who will preside over the meeting and serve as the umpire during the electioneering process.
The media sub-committee contacted Dr Oby Ezekwesili, who had to cancel some of her itineraries to honour our invitation.
None of the PACT members including Prof Kingsley Moghalu raised objection to Dr Ezekwesili serving as the umpire on our WhatsApp platform and none raised objection when she was physically present, before the commencement of the election, during or immediately after the election.
Dr Oby Ezekwesili was never a member of PACT. We the members of PACT collectively invited her formally as an umpire, based on her track record as an uncompromising nation builder and she obliged us as part of her sacrifice to seeing the birth of a New Nigeria. She proved her worth again, by supervising the PACT election in a very transparent manner. Why Kingsley Moghalu seeks to paint her black, has orchestrated attacks and spreading of falsehoods against her, simply because he narrowly lost an election which he had so much confidence that he would win, amazes us!
2. THAT HE WAS SHOCKED AT THE PROCESS
Kingsley Moghalu was in deed a part of the process and raised no objection at any time.
In fact, Kingsley Moghalu, as a lawyer himself, played a major role in amending the Memorandum of Understanding, adding and removing clauses from the original document that was prepared by our lawyer, after which he certified the document as okay.
During the first round, Fela Durotoye, Kingsley Moghalu and Mathias Tsado scored 2 votes each, Dr Elishama Ideh scored 1 vote, Godstime Iroabuchi scored 1 vote, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese scored 1 vote, Favour Oluwamuyiwa scored 1 vote and Dare Fagbemi scored 1 vote.
The three topmost aspirants then proceeded to the next round, as agreed in the MOU, after which Durotoye scored 4 votes and Moghalu scored 3 votes.
Kingsley Moghalu then walked up to Durotoye and congratulated him in the presence of other members of PACT.
If he had reservations about the process, why did he not complain on the WhatsApp platform? Why did he not complain when he sighted Dr Oby Ezekwesili in the room? Why did he subject himself to the process? Why did he congratulate Durotoye at the end of the process?
3. THAT CLAUSE 13 OF THE MOU STATES THAT HE IS AT LIBERTY TO WALK AWAY AND PURSUE HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION.
We shall reproduce verbatim, the content of the 13th clause herein;
"It is also agreed by the Aspirants, that nothing in this document herein shall infringe on the legal right of any Aspirants, including but not limited to his constitutional freedom of association, freedom of expression and other rights as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other relevant laws".
This 13th clause did not state that an aspirant who fails to be elected as the Consensus Candidate can yet proceed to pursue his Presidential ambition. It only serves to protect the right of aspirants against any statute that contravenes the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It is expedient to highlight the provision of clause 10 which states thus:
"The Aspirants therefore agree not to further contest against the preferred Consensus Candidate".
NB: The copy of the MOU is herein attached.
4. THAT PACT WAS A DELIBERATE PLOY TO AMBUSH HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION AND EXTERMINATE HIS POLITICAL PURSUIT
Our noble intention was to bring all New Breed Presidential hopefuls to the table, get them to vote amongst themselves and pick the aspirant with the highest vote, as the Consensus Candidate. Moghalu was very close to becoming that Candidate. He lost to Durotoye by just one vote in a very transparent election. How could he suddenly turn around and claim that the process was designed to ambush his ambition?
Moghalu owes Dr Oby Ezekwesili and members of PACT an apology for this deliberate misinformation.
SUMMARY
It's on record, that Moghalu called members of PACT individually ahead of the election, and even sent lobysts across to others, soliciting for their votes, on the grounds that he's the "most qualified" of all the New Breed Presidential hopefuls in Nigeria.
Yet in a recent interview, he said he does not consider the PACT's process as credible!
When asked by the interviewer what his position would have been if he had won, he said; "if I had won, it would have been credible"!
So, the process is "not credible", simply because he lost.
Kingsley Moghalu has shown that he's not worthy of public trust, as his utterances since he did not emerge as the Consensus Candidate of PACT have been heavily laden with lies and deliberate mis-information.
It is therefore time and imperative for us to publish this rebuttal statement.
We hope that this statement shall set straight all public information and records related to PACT and at the same time, factually defend Oby Ezekwesili from any further unwarranted attacks for the patriotic role she played as our umpire.
UTILITYMAY: I never believed in this guy again since he played the spoiler role in the emergence of a consensus candidate amidst the youths candidates in 2018 towards the 2019 elections.
It was Omoyele Sowore (AAC), Kingsley Moghalu (YPP), and Tope Fasua (ANRP) that never allowed the merger of the Presidential Aspirants of all the new parties became successful. The process was tagged Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT).
The Story: The new and "young" aspirants of the new parties all met in June/July 2018 with the intention of yielding to the voices of Nigerian youths asking them to come together and present a common front. They all agreed to do this within themselves by voting. The process was a very simple process; you are not allowed to vote for yourself: "IF NOT ME THEN WHO?" Meaning that you should vote for another aspirant and it will be the same process stages Incase there are ties, till one person finally emerge.
August 31st, 2018 was fixed for the date of the election, with Madam Obi Ezekweseli nominated to be the moderator. That was before she declared to run.
It was about a week to the fixed date, Omoyele Sowore came up with online(YouTube or Facebook) voting. You know he is more popular on social media and he owns the social media space, it would be easy for him to manipulate the outcome. The other aspirants rejected his suggestion and he pulled out of the PACT.
NOTE: At this time, Sowore was not in any party, no one knew the party he was going to run for President, he had only declared to run. But FD was in ANN, KM was in YPP, TF was in ANRP, and the rest in their respective parties. It was on Sowore that does not have a party yet as at then.
Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua pulled out of the process before the date fixed for the in-house election. Kingsley Moghalu, Fela Durotoye, and other eleven candidates came for the election. After the first round, Moghalu and Durotoye had same votes (ties) being the highest of all. The both of them went for the second round. Durotoye defeated Moghalu with 4 votes to 3 votes. Moghalu congratulated Durotoye but left immediately to address the press outside the venue that he is no longer interested in PACT. That was how the whole process flopped in 2019. So FD had no option than to continue running, after all, he won. In fact, he nearly stepped down for Kingsley Moghalu, but wisdom demands that he should not do such for someone that failed to honour an agreement. Now, same Moghalu and Sowore are coming up again to deceive us of when we all know they are greedy and hunger for power by all means.
2019 would have been a very good outing for them if only they allowed the process to work, though they won't win, but 2023 would do the deal. Nothing for any New Candidates again in the country, mark my words. I can never trust KINGSLEY MOGHALU with my vote.
These are the names of the aspirants who participated in the PACT after Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua pulled out:
*Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese
*Mathias Tsado
*Kingsley Moghalu
*Fela Durotoye
*Dr Favour Oluwamuyiwa
*Dr Elishama Ideh
* Dare Fagbemi
*Victor Ani-Laju
*Godstime Iroabuchi
*Clement Jimbo
Here is a press release to what I wrote up there:
THE MANY LIES OF KINGSLEY MOGHALU: A REJOINDER FROM PACT
Our attention has been drawn to the recent release made by the Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party, Kingsley Moghalu, as it affects his role in the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) and the 2019 presidential election.
It has thus become expedient for us to put the record straight for the sake of posterity.
PACT was formed with just one aim; to get all New Breed Presidential Aspirants to come together and present one Consensus Candidate, while others queue behind the fellow so that we can collectively wrestle power from the Old Brigades and restore our nation to a path of progress.
The story of PACT is in public domain, so we shall not bother to go over it all over.
We shall however restrict ourselves to addressing the issues raised by Kingsley Moghalu in his release and several pronouncements.
1. THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF HOW DR OBY EZEKWESILI CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
PACT had a WhatsApp platform on which we discussed issues relating to the emergence of a Consensus Candidate, which was our primary objective.
Right from the inception of PACT, all our meetings were moderated by Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, who was also a Presidential Aspirant and a member of PACT.
However, after the meeting before the last, some members suggested on the platform, that we should get a neutral person, possibly a respectable national figure, who will preside over the meeting and serve as the umpire during the electioneering process.
The media sub-committee contacted Dr Oby Ezekwesili, who had to cancel some of her itineraries to honour our invitation.
None of the PACT members including Prof Kingsley Moghalu raised objection to Dr Ezekwesili serving as the umpire on our WhatsApp platform and none raised objection when she was physically present, before the commencement of the election, during or immediately after the election.
Dr Oby Ezekwesili was never a member of PACT. We the members of PACT collectively invited her formally as an umpire, based on her track record as an uncompromising nation builder and she obliged us as part of her sacrifice to seeing the birth of a New Nigeria. She proved her worth again, by supervising the PACT election in a very transparent manner. Why Kingsley Moghalu seeks to paint her black, has orchestrated attacks and spreading of falsehoods against her, simply because he narrowly lost an election which he had so much confidence that he would win, amazes us!
2. THAT HE WAS SHOCKED AT THE PROCESS
Kingsley Moghalu was in deed a part of the process and raised no objection at any time.
In fact, Kingsley Moghalu, as a lawyer himself, played a major role in amending the Memorandum of Understanding, adding and removing clauses from the original document that was prepared by our lawyer, after which he certified the document as okay.
During the first round, Fela Durotoye, Kingsley Moghalu and Mathias Tsado scored 2 votes each, Dr Elishama Ideh scored 1 vote, Godstime Iroabuchi scored 1 vote, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese scored 1 vote, Favour Oluwamuyiwa scored 1 vote and Dare Fagbemi scored 1 vote.
The three topmost aspirants then proceeded to the next round, as agreed in the MOU, after which Durotoye scored 4 votes and Moghalu scored 3 votes.
Kingsley Moghalu then walked up to Durotoye and congratulated him in the presence of other members of PACT.
If he had reservations about the process, why did he not complain on the WhatsApp platform? Why did he not complain when he sighted Dr Oby Ezekwesili in the room? Why did he subject himself to the process? Why did he congratulate Durotoye at the end of the process?
3. THAT CLAUSE 13 OF THE MOU STATES THAT HE IS AT LIBERTY TO WALK AWAY AND PURSUE HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION.
We shall reproduce verbatim, the content of the 13th clause herein;
"It is also agreed by the Aspirants, that nothing in this document herein shall infringe on the legal right of any Aspirants, including but not limited to his constitutional freedom of association, freedom of expression and other rights as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other relevant laws".
This 13th clause did not state that an aspirant who fails to be elected as the Consensus Candidate can yet proceed to pursue his Presidential ambition. It only serves to protect the right of aspirants against any statute that contravenes the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It is expedient to highlight the provision of clause 10 which states thus:
"The Aspirants therefore agree not to further contest against the preferred Consensus Candidate".
NB: The copy of the MOU is herein attached.
4. THAT PACT WAS A DELIBERATE PLOY TO AMBUSH HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION AND EXTERMINATE HIS POLITICAL PURSUIT
Our noble intention was to bring all New Breed Presidential hopefuls to the table, get them to vote amongst themselves and pick the aspirant with the highest vote, as the Consensus Candidate. Moghalu was very close to becoming that Candidate. He lost to Durotoye by just one vote in a very transparent election. How could he suddenly turn around and claim that the process was designed to ambush his ambition?
Moghalu owes Dr Oby Ezekwesili and members of PACT an apology for this deliberate misinformation.
SUMMARY
It's on record, that Moghalu called members of PACT individually ahead of the election, and even sent lobysts across to others, soliciting for their votes, on the grounds that he's the "most qualified" of all the New Breed Presidential hopefuls in Nigeria.
Yet in a recent interview, he said he does not consider the PACT's process as credible!
When asked by the interviewer what his position would have been if he had won, he said; "if I had won, it would have been credible"!
So, the process is "not credible", simply because he lost.
Kingsley Moghalu has shown that he's not worthy of public trust, as his utterances since he did not emerge as the Consensus Candidate of PACT have been heavily laden with lies and deliberate mis-information.
It is therefore time and imperative for us to publish this rebuttal statement.
We hope that this statement shall set straight all public information and records related to PACT and at the same time, factually defend Oby Ezekwesili from any further unwarranted attacks for the patriotic role she played as our umpire.
Signed on behalf of PACT:
*Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese
*Mathias Tsado
*Fela Durotoye
*Dr Favour Oluwamuyiwa
*Dr Elishama Ideh
* Dare Fagbemi
*Victor Ani-Laju
*Godstime Iroabuchi
*Clement Jimbo
Dated 17th January, 2019
Hmmm, Read everything and I will say this, it's not uncommon for pacts or alliances to fail one 1st or 2nd attempts cos it's like birthing a new baby and it's definitely not an easy marriage to form over night.
it takes failures to learn and then get it right.
That being said I do have reservations about Kingsley moghalus excuses and deliberate mis-information bt I also have issues with the alliance saying an individual can't not walk away from the pact to further pursue his presidential ambition if he feels so or not convinced. That should be part of his constitutional rights.
