NCP Lagos State Charter’s response to Yinusa Tanko’s anti-party activities
We have been alerted by the so-called press conference held by Yinusa Tanko, the estranged Chair of our party, the National Conscience Party (NCP) and a handful of notorious elements noted for corrupt and unprincipled stances on all issues, (rented crowd), endorsing the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and dragging the name of our party along.
We want to state that Yinusa Tanko (who has actually gone awol from NCP affairs since 2018 and whose tenure has expired since 2020) has only displayed what is expected of a desperate prodigal whose only stock in trade is to trade with politics at the expense of principles.
We are not in any way surprised that Tanko proceeded to organize a desperate, comical and infantile show of shame tagged endorsement of Peter Obi by NCP. This is typical of him. We cannot forget how Tanko subsumed a vibrant party like the NCP into the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, (which we tagged Cup of Poison, then) in the 2019 Elections and sold the fortunes of the party to Atiku Abubakar and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). After eating with both mouths at the CUPP of impunity, he was disgraced out, and now finds solace with this new feeders Team of PDP,
The NCP is one of the oldest parties in Nigeria and it is on record that the party led the struggle for opening of the democratic space in 2001-2002. It was founded and led by the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi. NCP was founded on a socialist ideology and was never a party to support anti-masses deceitful daredevils and rogues like Obi and Datti.
Gani Fawehinmi advocated all his life against police brutality, while Obi used Akwuzu SARS to maim and terrorize Anambra state youths and masses *throughout his tenure as governor.*
Gani Fawehinmi advocated free, functional, and compulsory education at all levels, but Datti has the most expensive private university in Nigeria and Peter Obi withdrew free education and all social security services from Anambra state.
Gani Fawehinmi all through his life fought anti-people demagogues like General Olusegun Obasanjo, but today Obi and Datti are loyal kids and mentees of OBJ.
If Gani Fawehinmi is alive, he would never support an Obi who diverted public funds into his family business and today wants fuel prices increased and remaining government assets sold to private individuals. Gani by now would have been in court to expose Obi, Datti, and their shenanigans!
Meanwhile, we want to state that Tanko Yinusa never convened any meeting of the party at the NCC or NEC levels. The jobman has since abandoned the party after his moving into CUPP jeopardized our membership and allowed INEC to have the effrontery to deregister NCP. Those wasting their millions on Tanko's endorsement are only deceiving themselves.
We the real and active Vanguards of NCP wants to note as follows:
1. The purported meeting he called was supposed to be called by the national general secretary. He didn't carry the gen sec along because of his personal ambition. As a member of NCC Lagos is not invited to the purported meeting like wise Ogun, Osun, and Ekiti.
2. Over 95 percent of the people who attended are not NCP members.
3. The issue of endorsement was not on the agenda of the meetings, he never involved any member especially those in Lagos state chapter.
4. He adopted Obi just the way he did in the Atiku alliance in 2019. He collected money from Obi. He paid the transportation and hotel accommodations of some unknown guys masquerading as NCP members.
5. We don't want him as our national chairman again. He has violated the Constitution of the party. He is now the spokesperson for Obi while still the Chairman of NCP. This is in contravention of Article 3, Subsection 3.5 of the NCP Constitution which is expressly clear on Anti-Party Activities.
6. And the Lagos Branch of NCP has since rejected Yunusa Tanko as the Chairman as his terms of office has lapsed since 2020.
7. Therefore, the endorsement is not for the party but for Tanko alone. He should go and refund Obi's money. NCP is not endorsing Peter Obi. We will never endorse an enemy of the people. Gani Fawehinmi's party will never endorse Obasanjo's candidate!
8. All decisions taken at the purported meeting are null and void.
We urge all Nigerians to know that the National Conscience Party (NCP) wants a new Nigeria that is built on socialism, and it's centered on an economy that cares for all, and not the few billionaires. We are vanguards of the unity of all oppressed people, and we are happy today that we are strongly on ground to prevent any rogue from throwing the name of Gani Fawehinmi and our dear party into doldrums. Those who have hijacked the Labour Party (LP) from workers and think they can use the name to curry favour from Progressives should go back to their sleep and dream again.
For Tanko Yinusa who believes the NCP is his ATM and ticket for money-making, his secrets are open to the world and he will never dodge the verdict of history.
For us, we will continue to stand with Gani Fawehinmi's legacy, his socialist ideas, and principles of always standing with the masses. We are sure that very soon, Nigerians will rise and in the spirit of Gani Fawehinmi, fight for a new country, continent, and the world where the people will matter more than the billionaires!
Signed
Fatai Ibu-Owo
NCP Chairman, Lagos.
Kemi Olagunju (Mrs)
Acting Secretary, Lagos.
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