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2027 Presidential Aspirant Resigns, Demands Refund Of Expression Of Interest, Nomination Fee

<h4>2027 Presidential Aspirant Resigns<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a 2027 Democratic Leadership Alliance presidential aspirant&comma; Mrs Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju&comma; has resigned from the party and demanded a refund of her presidential nomination fee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Busari-Akinnadeju&comma; in her letter to the National Chairman of the party&comma; obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Akure on Friday&comma; said her exit was premised on the party’s inability to conduct a free and fair primary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The DLA chieftain said it was worrisome that the party leadership settled for a consensus candidate&comma; a decision she described as opposed to and inimical to the growth of the party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I write to notify you&comma; and through you the National Working Committee&comma; of my resignation as a member of the Democratic Leadership Alliance with immediate effect from the date of this letter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I do not resign in defeat&period; I resign because I am not permitted a fair contest&comma; and I will not lend my name to a process that has abandoned its own rules&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I therefore respectfully request the following&colon; written confirmation of receipt of this resignation&semi; a refund of the presidential nomination fee I paid&comma; the consideration for which&comma; a fair and lawful primary&comma; the party has not provided&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I also ask for the return of any personal documents&comma; records&comma; or materials of mine that remain in the possession of the party or any of its officers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I record my gratitude to members of the party across the country who gave their time and hope to the work we shared&period; They joined for the right reasons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They are not the cause of this decision&comma; and they deserve far better than the conduct of those who now lead them&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said she would not relent in her commitment to the presidential race and to the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dare Nigeria” mantra&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My commitment to the 2027 presidential race and the Dare Agenda&comma; and to the millions of Nigerians who have answered the call of &num;DareNigeria&comma; is undimmed and is&comma; in fact&comma; strengthened by what I have witnessed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I will continue that work on a platform worthy of it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nothing that has happened in recent weeks has changed my conviction&period; It has only confirmed why the change I am running to bring is necessary&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said she invested her time and resources with the belief that the party would offer a credible and lawful platform for the leadership Nigeria needs in 2027&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The record speaks plainly&comma; and I set it out here so that it is not forgotten&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A party that cannot conduct a fair primary among its own aspirants cannot credibly promise a fair country to its citizens&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Busari-Akinnadeju hails from Akungba Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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