By Gilbert Ekezie
The National Deputy Chairman, National Conscience Party (NCP) South-South, Pastor Peters Osawaru Omoragbon has decried the abandonment of the legacies and philosophies of the late Human Rights Activist and Founder of NCP, Chief Gani Fawehinmi by his former colleagues and associates.
He also described as shameful the inability of Gani’s former colleagues and associates to put up a fight against deregistration of Chief Fawehinmi’s brainchild, the National Conscience Party.
He took the swipe on Gani’s former associates in a press release which he titled: ‘National Conscience Party, Labour Party and Mallam (Dr) Yunusa Salisu Tanko-Which Way ?
Omoragbon was also reacting to Mallam Tanko’s unconstitutional role as the chairman of NCP, and the Spokesperson of the Labour Party.
He maintained that it is disheartening and shameful that not a single Chamber of the various SANs and non-SANs who were not only colleagues, but had their training under Chief Gani Chambers, could rise up to defend and fight against the deregistration of the Party. “Not a single Chamber of the various SANs and non-SANs who were not only colleagues but had their training under Chief Gani Chambers in Anthony Village, Lagos could rise up to defend and fight against the deregistration of the Party that gave rise to the births of Buhari’s CPC, APC, APGA and all the non-active political parties today, who did not know the sacrifices made to expand the political landscape by the novel judgement of the Supreme Court of November 8, 2002,” Omoragbon stated.
He appealed to members of the party to act without sentiment saying “To my fellow NCP members, may I appeal to your consciences to, please, put sentiments aside and look at the bigger picture for this great and oldest Party today in Nigeria. It is a shame to the death of our family, Chief Gani Fawehinmi to be abandoned by people that he helped to nurture and built their career at our time of need.
“The fate of NCP is now in our hands. Anyone is free to decamp, but do so quietly and honourably and allow those of us who are die-hard members to remain to continue to advance the ideologies of Chief Gani Fawehinmi and the NCP.”
On the appointment of Mallam Yunusa Salisu Tanko as the spokesperson of Labour Party, Omoragbon maintained that it is unconstitutional for Tanko to take up such new role while also gluing to his position as the chairman of NCP, hence he called for his immediate resignation as both member and chairman of NCP. “Suffice to mention however, that the members of the National Conscience Party (NCP) have waited patiently since October 16, 2022, for Mallam Tanko to formally relinquish his position as National Chairman of NCP and withdraw his membership in line with extant electoral laws and the constitution of the National Conscience Party to no avail, hence, my resort to formally put the Party on notice that, Mallam Yunusa Salisu Tanko cannot act as the NCP Chairman and the Spokesman for Labour Party at the same time.”