Mrs Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, a presidential aspirant of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) for 2027, has resigned from the party and called for a refund of her presidential nomination fee.
Her resignation was based on the party’s failure to conduct a free and fair primary election, it was reported.
She resigned in a letter to the party’s National Chairman.
The former DLA chieftain said the party’s decision to settle for a consensus candidate was worrying and harmful to its growth.
“I am writing to inform you, and by way of you the National Working Committee, of my resignation as a member of the Democratic Leadership Alliance with immediate effect from the date of this letter.
I do not resign in defeat. I resign because I am not allowed a fair contest, and I will not lend my name to a process that has abandoned its own rules.”
Busari-Akinnadeju urged the party to confirm receipt of her resignation and refund the fee she paid for the presidential nomination form.
She continued: “I respectfully request the following: written confirmation of receipt of this resignation; a refund of the presidential nomination fee I paid, consideration for which, a fair and lawful primary, the party has not provided.
‘I also request the return of any personal documents, records or materials of mine that remain in the possession of the party or any of its officers.
She thanked party members around the country who backed her political work, saying they were not responsible for her decision to leave.
“I thank members of the party across the country for giving their time and hope to the work we shared. They have signed up for the right reasons. “They are not the reason for this decision and they deserve so much better than the behavior of those who now lead them,” she said.
Busari-Akinnadeju said that her commitment to the 2027 presidential race and the “Dare Nigeria” agenda remained strong.
“My commitment to the 2027 presidential race and the Dare Agenda, and to the millions of Nigerians who have answered the call of #DareNigeria, is undimmed and is, in fact, strengthened by what I have witnessed,” she added.
I will continue that work on a platform that deserves it.
“Nothing that has taken place in recent weeks has altered my conviction. “It has only proven why the change I am running to bring is needed.”
The Ondo-born aspirant said she committed her time and resources in the party because she believed it would offer a credible platform for leadership in 2027.
But the party’s management of its internal process had proved otherwise, she said.
“The record is clear, and I state it here for the record so that it will not be forgotten.
“A party that cannot hold a fair primary among its own aspirants cannot credibly promise a fair country to its citizens,” she said.
Busari-Akinnadeju is from Akungba Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
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