THE Presidential Candidate of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie has disassociated his party from its recent inclusion of political parties loyal to the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential election.
Chief Okorie described the inclusion of his party in the alleged loyalty to the APC presidential candidate as "inconceivable, malicious and a wicked political blackmail to drag the name of our Party to a gang-up we know nothing about."
He further added, "We have tried to the best of our ability to avoid hate-speeches, campaign of calumny, denigration of elder statesmen and public office holders and the use of acerbic language likely to heat up the polity in all our campaign up till this time."
In a statement through the Director-General, Chekwas Okorie Presidential Campaign Orgonisation, COPCO, Dr. Ugorji O. Ugorji, in Abuja, weekend, Chief Okorie said he found the inclusion of UPP in the midst of 12 political parties that had pledged loyalty to the APC's Presidential candidate insulting.
According to him, "We find the inclusion of our name in the list of these compromising Political Parties in absolute bad test."
He said that UPP in its inaugural National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of 13th November 2012 zoned its Presidential slot to the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria and that the policy statement was actualized on the 11th of December, 2014 at the Party's National Convention held at Aba where he emerged as the presidential flag bearer and Alhaji Bello Umar as vice presidential candidate.
He further said that the UPP had commenced campaign for the coveted office of President thereafter with as much commitment and diligence as it could muster, adding, "It is a common knowledge that our Presidential Candidate Chief (Dr) Chekwas Okorie has emerged as one of the three foremost contenders for the office of President of Nigeria."

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