The Forum of Nigerian Political Parties Chairmen has kicked against the planned attack by the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and allied civil society groups under the umbrella body of Coalition Of National Civil Society Organisations (CNCSOs) on the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
The party chairmen have revealed that CNPP and CNCSOs have concluded plans to occupy the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) headquarters, Abuja until the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele resigns or denounces his purported presidential ambition.
But the political party chairmen, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, dis-associated themselves from the position of the CNPP and CNCSOs, describing those who issued the statement as impostors. The statement was issued by the Forum’s Chairman, Kenneth Udeze, who is also the National Chairman of Action Alliance Party.
According to the statement, the CNPP can no longer talk for political parties as it has since been disbanded and replaced with the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC).
The statement read: “We have read with dismay the statement credited to the CNPP that it will, alongside, some faceless groups, attack the CBN headquarters to force the Governor to resign and stop the activities of the support groups that have been asking him to contest the 2023 presidential election.
“Let us state clearly that the Nigerian registered political parties are not and can never be part of any plan to attack any government offices, including the CBN headquarters. This is clearly a move to truncate the peace being experienced in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and we hope that the security agencies would have taken proper note of this.
“It is important to also make it very clear that the CNPP does not speak for registered political parties in Nigeria. This is because the CNPP has been disbanded and since been replaced with IPAC.
“Based on this, we also announce that one Willy Ezendu who signed the statement had been sacked as CNPP secretary even before the group was disbanded.
“Ezendu is not an official of any of the 18 registered political parties and so, he cannot speak for them.
“We therefore call on members of the public to be careful with the statement coming from this impostor and his cohorts just to feather the nest of their personal agenda.
“We urge security agencies to rise to their responsibility of protecting lives and property around public buildings, including the CBN headquarters. “In the event of any break down of law and order in the FCT and its environs, we are sure our security agencies know those to hold responsibe.”
