Disputed article: Why ACN/CPC negotiation failed - Pat Utomi

Read the text message below, purportedly written by Pat Utomi, denying his authorship of the following post attributed to him at Elombah.com. The grammatical and spelling errors in the article would indeed suggest that the erudite and intellectual Utomi is not the writer.

Subject: Re: UTOMI: For the record - Why ACN/CPC negotiation failed

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 7:02 PM

This is Pat Utomi. I am not the author of the piece on why CPCACN negotiation failed. I do know there is a Dr Patrick Utomi who is an Abeokuta based  Psychiatrist but I doubt he is the author of the said article which seems designed to pass off as me. Pat Utomi

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Elombah.com

14 April 2011

Why ACN/CPC negotiation failed - Pat Utomi       

Written by Pat Utomi    

For several months, strenuous attempts were made by some of us deeply convinced of the need for change in the National leadership, to bring the major opposition parties together ahead of the 2011 General Elections which is now underway. All...... kinds of obstacles were installed on the path of these noble efforts. The most formidable of these obstacles was the attitude of some key persons themselves, within the leadership of the opposition parties who failed to put the National Interest above their personal selfish interests.

What has transpired in the past three days of negotiations between the CPC and ACN with Mallam Shekarau of the ANPP waiting eagerly on the wings somewhere in Abuja, to join a possible last minute opposition alliance could all have taken place weeks ago in peace with all details carefully ironed out if my candid advise had been heeded!

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ACN delegation at the negotiations considered their party as the senior partner but that notwithstanding they were prepared to cede the position of the Presidency to Gen Buhari of the CPC. In return the ACN demanded the Vice Presidency which was as had been basically proposed during the negotiations prior to filing of candidates to INEC. To achieve this the CPC vice presidential candidate would have to step down. This would be a necessary sacrifice by the CPC in the same manner that both Nuhu Ribadu and Fola Adeola the Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates of the ACN have to step down in the plan.

Unfortunately, inspite of the fact that the CPC agreed to this fundamental aspect of the arrangement and promised to bring to the meeting Tuesday night a letter of resignation from Pastor Bakare, they failed to produce the letter at the crucial meeting ...