A political party registered few weeks to the 2015 general elections, Young Democratic Party, YDP, has revealed how it was approached by some highly-placed politicians in the country to scuttle the conduct of 2015 general elections by challenging the party’s exclusion from the ballot papers already printed to be used for the elections by then.
The party explained that the decision not to challenge its exclusion from the general elections in court was informed by its resolve not to distract the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government.
Disclosing this to newsmen yesterday, National Chairman of the party, Mr. Ezekiel Nya-Etok, held that the politicians who were aggrieved at developments in their various parties, wanted to cash in on the exclusion of the YDP from the 2015 general elections for the elections to be aborted.
He, however, warned desperate politicians wishing to use the party as a tool to express grievances to steer clear; stressing that YDP was not formed to act as opposition to government.
“Because we were registered as a party few weeks to the general elections and because of the development, could not be captured in already-prepared ballot papers to participate at the polls. Some people desperately wanted us to take the matter to a law court with a view to stopping the entire process, but we rejected that.
“We, as a party did not want to challenge the outcome of the 2015 general elections because we didn’t want to distract the government in place. We will not be part of opposition government, running down government institutions, running down other parties, seeking to make sure that when they failed, they will choose us. That is for an idle mind,” he said.
Nya-Etok maintained that the party was poised to develop what he called, “fundamental restructuring of the country, through an inclusive and participatory process” in view of the current challenges confronting Nigeria as a nation.
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