Presidential candidate Oby Ezekwesili in hot soup with party and INEC as she withdraws bid.
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January 25, 2019
Feud arises between Dr Oby Ezekwesili and her party,the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) after announcing her withdrawal from the Presidential race to form a coalition with other political parties.
Inec rejects Dr Ezekwesili’s presidential bid withdrawl citing lateness.
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The national chairman of the party who was also Dr Ezekwesili’s running, Gani Galadinma, accuses Oby of being unserious and using the platform for her selfish interest. He says,
she never informed the party of her decision to withdraw from the presidential race and the party may take her to court as it is obvious to them that she was never serious all along.
Galadinma also intimated that Ezekwesili is expected to return to the party all the donations “from all over the world” because the party would have to account to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Saying, Ezekwesili paid only N100, 000 for the party’s presidential form which was put at N10.5million.
He said Ezekwesili only wanted to use the ACPN platform to negotiate to become a finance minister whenever a new government assumes office later in the year.
“The reason for calling this press conference is to let the world know about the presidential aspiration of Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, which in actual fact, is not the truth. I have been put into confidence by one of her aide named Iyinoluwa Aboyeji that she only wanted to use the platform of the ACPN to negotiate to be Nigeria’s finance minister.
If you observe, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili is the only presidential candidate who was so militant in her campaign without any tangible thing on ground to indicate any seriousness in the prosecution of her campaign.
No campaign secretariat, billboard or great commitment on ground to indicate any seriousness. It is on this ground that the ACPN is withdrawing support for her presidential aspiration and endorsing the second term bid of President Muhammadu Buhari to take Nigeria to the next level.” he said
Meanwhile INEC has rejected Dr Ezekwesili’s withdrawl saying, no candidate is allowed to withdraw now as the final date to withdraw bid has passed. The date set for withdrawl of any bid was November 17.
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