UPN allays members’ fear over registration by INEC

The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) has allayed its members fears that the party may be registered too late to take part in the elections slated to hold in Ekiti and Osun states later in the year.

A statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bari Salau, said that the party had fulfilled all necessary requirements for registration, and expressed confidence that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would quickly issue UPN with the registration certificate to enable aspiring members contest in the polls.
“Everything that UPN should do, it has done, the question to ask INEC is: What is holding the UPN from registration because this inexplicable delay is causing fear and worry among the public?”
However, organisation said it would continue to maintain faith in INEC’s promise to create a level democratic field for politicians of all shades and opinion to play politics and contest elections.

The statement also noted that, according to the INEC timetable, the first round of elections will hold on June 21 with the Ekiti governorship election, followed by the Osun governorship poll on August 9.