{"id":16801,"date":"2019-10-16T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16801"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:10:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T16:10:19","slug":"falana-apologizes-to-moghalu-over-allegation-of-appointment-with-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/falana-apologizes-to-moghalu-over-allegation-of-appointment-with-apc","title":{"rendered":"Falana apologizes to Moghalu over allegation of appointment with APC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana<\/a> (SAN), has apologized to former presidential candidate of Young Progressives Party, YPP, Kingsley Moghalu, for saying he resigned from his party because he received an appointment from the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n

after Moghalu announced his resignation on Monday, Falana claimed that the ex-presidential candidate resigned to take up an appointment with the ruling APC.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the 2019 Felabration symposium held at the NECA HOUSE, Lagos State, Falana was quoted as saying, \u201cIs Dr. Moghalu still around? I think it is unfair to single out Dr. Moghalu for recognition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should not celebrate opportunism. Here is a politician who contested on the platform of a party, who has moved conveniently to the APC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve just given him an appointment and he has just discarded his own political party. I don\u2019t think that is fair for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, in reaction, Moghalu while describing the allegations as a \u2018surprise and an embarrassment, demanded an apology from Falana and a public retraction of the said comment.<\/p>\n

He had said, \u201dIt\u2019s disappointing that Femi Falana, a SAN, no less, can publicly make such FALSE statements. I am NOT a member of APC and have NOT received an appointment from the ruling party. I demand and expect a public apology and a retraction of his statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, clarifying the allegation, Falana in a statement titled \u2018My Mea Culpa\u2019, on Tuesday, said his statement was a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the symposium held in memory of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in Lagos yesterday, I did say that Professor Kingsley Moghalu had called it quit with the YPP, the political party which sponsored his presidential election in February 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201dI equally said that he had joined the ruling party and accepted an appointment from the federal government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile confirming his resignation from the YPP, Professor Moghalu had stated that he has neither joined the ruling party nor accepted an appointment from the federal government. I believe him in toto.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not set out to embarrass Professor Moghalu as it was a case of mistaken identity. Any embarrassment caused by the incorrect aspect of the statement is deeply regretted.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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