UPN official disowns Faseun, says party did not adopt Jonathan

The Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, has not adopted any presidential candidate, its National Secretary, Abubakar Sokoto, said in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday.

“The leadership of the Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, did not authorise the suspended National Chairman nor direct any official of the party at any level to commit the party to support any presidential candidate,’’ he said.

The “suspended” UPN national chairman, Frederick Faseun, was alleged to have endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s presidential flag bearer for the poll.\

But Mr. Sokoto said the party received the news as a great embarrassment to all its leaders and supporters across the world.

“On behalf of the National Executive Committee of our party, I am urging the general public and party leaders to disregard the highest act of irresponsibility of the suspended national chairman.

“It is embarrassing to leaders and supporters of our party all over the country to learn the suspended national chairman declaring support for dragging the name of our party to ridicule.

“The National Executive Committee, which is the highest organ of the party, has not met to take a decision on the issue of Presidential Election,’’ the statement read in part.

The scribe said the party frowned at the dictatorial tendencies exhibited by the suspended national chairman and pledged to ensure that due diligence and party discipline were enforced at all levels.

It said that the party was not registered to serve the personal interest of any individual member, citizen or group.