While it is sympathetic to Princess Chichi OJEI who is now struggling to refute statements in the public space concerning the alignment of the APM NEC with PDP, it is rather an issue of “pot calling the kettle black.”
Princess Chichi OJEI entered one chance when she deliberately decided to align with the sacked Interim national chairman of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) and his cohorts for the same purpose of financial gains which she is now accusing him of.
The statement which was signed by
Mrs. Oladipo Ponmile,
National Women Leader, APM, further said, it is not enough to draw the attention of the public, particularly women, that a female candidate emerges to contest the election, the process of emergence must also be interrogated.
“While it is also not enough that there should be female gender inclusion in the political space, it should also be a matter of credible women participation in electioneering processes.
“It is not just enough that women should participate in politics. Such women ought to be those with the capacity, competence, and capability to participate in politics in order to engender responsible and accountable leadership.
“Having clarified these issues, let me quickly add that Princess Chichi OJEI was only short-changed by her cohorts; probably in a game of the smartest.
“Princess Chichi OJEI claims to be the presidential candidate of the revered Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) whose motto is Integrity, Sacrifice, and Service. She is yet to be visible, even in a few days before the Presidential Election; it is yet to be known by the general public what programmes she has to tackle the challenges bedeviling the country. She was not careful to understand the platform on which she was coming out to run for the presidency of Nigeria, neither was she concerned to interrogate the process that brought her out as the presidential candidate. It was all in a quick swap from being the Vice President to Yusuf Mamman Dantalle to becoming the Presidential candidate.
“Madam presidential candidate, Princess Chichi OJEI, the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) is a credible political party of respected men and women with capacity, capability, and competence. It is a party that respects orderliness, coordination, transparency, accountability, rule of law, fairness, and equity in all her dealings. There is no gainsaying that Nigeria needs to enlarge her political space to accommodate more women, but I dare to say that the women clamouring for open spaces for women’s participation will thoroughly sieve the crops to present their “Best of the Best” to contest an exhausted position like the presidency.
“Your outburst should be guided by the fact that you were short-changed by your team-player political merchants rather than making it look as if a woman has been robbed, to sharply whip sentiments from the public. You may rather advise yourself to think through the process of your emergence and the purpose.
“It is my humble opinion that if you really want to remain relevant, you should retrace your steps and research more about APM and align with the foundation, so as to have meaning for your political journey. You have hopped around enough to realize that you have been chasing shadows by belonging to the folk of Yusuf Mamman Dantalle.
“You may now see how this show of shame is playing out and leaving you trying hard to disabuse the minds of your paymasters that you did not align with the PDP, contrarily to the declaration of your so-called national chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantalle. What a Pity.
“Anyway, we can now resort to the contemporary parlance of: “As e de pain them, e go de sweet us.”
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