Former presidential candidate of Young Progressives Party,
YPP, Kingsley Moghalu, has reacted to allegation by human rights lawyer, Femi
Falana (SAN), that he resigned from his party because he was given appointment
by the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Falana at the 2019 Felabration
symposium held at the NECA HOUSE, Lagos State, accused Moghalu of resigning because he was offered an appointment by the
ruling party.
He was quoted as saying, “We should not celebrate
opportunism. Here is a politician who contested on the platform of a party, who
has moved conveniently to the APC.
“They’ve just given him an appointment and he has just
discarded his own political party. I don’t think that is fair for all.”
He, therefore, demanded an apology and a public retraction
from Falana.
The statement reads, “Yesterday, October 14, 2019 I attended
Felabration 2019: The Fela Debate, an annual event to celebrate the life and
work of the late musical icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti that held in Lagos.
“At a point in the event, the compere announced my presence
to the audience, noting that I was a presidential candidate in the 2019
elections, and highlighted my unique connection to the event: my candidacy had
been formally endorsed by Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka, who was also
present at the 2019 Felabration; and my Yoruba name Ayodele has been given to
me at my birth in Lagos by the late Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome Kuti, Fela’s mother.
I left the event at the beginning of the Question and Answer session.
“To my great surprise and embarrassment later in the day, I
saw and viewed a video news report entitled “Femi Falana (SAN) publicly attacks
@MoghaluKingsley for joining APC.’
“These statements are false. I am not a member of the APC. I
have not been given any appointment by the APC government. This effort to
malign my character and reputation, by an individual I have always respected,
was a complete shock to me.
“It is surprising that a man of Mr. Falana’s standing, a
Senior Advocate of Nigeria no less, could make such weighty statements without
verification.
“The media that reported this attack on me by Mr. Falana
without checking the veracity of his statements acted in dereliction of their
professional ethics and have actively spread fake news.
“I demand and expect an apology and a public retraction of
this falsehood from Mr. Falana.”
Moghalu explained that since the elections he has moved into
advocacy for electoral/political reforms and voter education in Nigeria.
“I contested in the 2019 presidential election as the flag
bearer of the the Young Progressives Party (YPP). Since the elections I have
convened To Build a Nation (TBAN), a non-partisan citizens’ movement focused on
advocacy for electoral/political reforms and voter education in Nigeria. In
order to strengthen the integrity of the movement’s non-partisan stance, I
recently announced my resignation from the YPP. I am NOT a member of any
political party.”
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