Yesterday witnessed the return and reconciliation of 8 Northern State Chairmen of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN).

After the National Executive Committee meeting held at the National Secretariat at Abuja, all the 8 Northern State Chairmen affirmed their allegiance to the party leadership of Mr. Emmanuel Dania, the National Chairman of ANN and also their support for the flag bearer/presidential candidate of the party, Mr. Fela Durotoye.

The spokesperson of the group, the Jigawa State Chairman, Mr. Hussaini D. Zakar, as nominated by the 8 Northern chairmen, said they were misled and deceived. He apologised to the committee and asked the party to forgive them, that they left the party for political reasons, and that they have also returned in that same vein.

In his words, "Our stand now is that we have withdrawn any of our allegiance to any faction of the party. We dedicate all our loyalty to Alliance for New Nigeria under the leadership of our able and lovely Chairman, Mr. Emmanuel Dania."

He went further to add to say they were misled and deceived. In his words, " What we did before was purely for political reasons but we later realise that we were on the wrong side and said let us go back to our mother party. We were misleaded and we were deceived. We thank God that before it went further we realised our mistakes. We hope every member of ANN will please forgive us and pardon us."

The National Chairman of the party, in responding to their speech, welcomed all the 8 party State Chairmen and gave each of them a handshake as a symbol of extending the hand of fellowship of ANN to them again. There was an uproar of exciting shouts, and applause amidst exchange of hugs and pleasantries.

The 8 Northern States that were represented in the reconciliation were Bauchi State, Yobe State, Jigawa State, Zamfara State, Taraba State, Sokoto State, Kaduna State, and Gombe State respectively.

This is a step in the right direction as the party prepares to launch her presidential campaign come the 18th of November 2018.

Alliance for New Nigeria is one of the new political parties that recently emerged, with a mission is to restore Nigeria to its glory path. It aims to create and develop a country that will hold its place in the comity of nations, where it will rank top 20 in every indices of human development.

The partys presidential candidate is Adetokunbo Olufela Durotoye, a business consultant, leadership expert, and motivational speaker.

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