•Chief (Dr.) Jackie Kassim
The Daily Crucible | Sunday, October 2, 2022
By Heritage Odih, Abeokuta
Ahead of release of final list of all governorship and State Houses of Assembly candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), Dr. Jackie Adunni Kassim has backed out of the race.
The only woman governorship candidate of NNPP withdrew her candidature on Sunday alongside hundreds of her followers in Iyadunni Movement across the 20 local government areas of the state, citing betrayal and sabotage by some members of the party in the state as reasons for her decision to quit.
The Businesswoman turned politician told
Daily Crucible that she joined the 2023 governorship race with determination to win for the party but lamented that while she was busy working to actualise that dream, some other persons were committed to sabotaging her efforts.
Kassim who spoke shortly after an extended meeting with members of her Iyadunni Movement, accused the NNPP's State Executive Committee under the leadership of Comrade Olaposi Sunday Oginni of working against the interest of the party in the state even after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier published her name as the party's flag bearer.
She also cited the distrust between her Iyadunni Movement and the NNPP State State Executive Committee as another development that informed her resolve to withdraw further participation, explaining that such a trend was dangerous for the health of the party.
She noted that it would be too disastrous for her political ambition to approach the 2023 general elections with a divided house as presently constituted in Ogun State chapter of NNPP.
"I can't be working for the progress of the party, while some people will be busy sabotaging my efforts. My intention was to contest and win election, and not to negotiate with another party when election comes".
"All of us here will decide wherever we will be going, because none of my supporters must suffer. This is my position".
"All these people spoiling our chances are not indigenes of Ogun. So, I implore all of us to keep watching; whichever political party we will be moving to will be collectively decided".
While all her followers across the 20 Local Government Areas of the state resolved to quit NNPP, they however, maintained that they would follow Jackie Kassim to whichever would be her next political bus stop.
All her followers declared that they are no longer working with and do not want to have anything to do again with NNPP in Ogun State, under the leadership of Oginin.
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