Fela Durotoye, just as his colleague Oby Ezekwesili, of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), has also stepped down from the presidential race.
Read his statement below;
‘I have always believed that leadership is about service and sacrifice and today, I would like to commend Dr. (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili @obyezeks for leading the charge to forming a viable coalition to presenting a Consensus Candidate for the 2019 Presidential elections.
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To ensure that an alliance is formed and we present a united front, I AM READY to come into any coalition talks with my brothers Omoyele Sowore @yelesho and Prof. Kingsley Moghalu @moghalukingsley and to submit myself to any transparent process that will help us arrive at a selection of a Consensus Candidate from amongst us.
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To be clear, if the process produces any other candidate apart from myself, I AM READY to support whoever the Consensus Candidate is and to do all I can to support the coalition to win the 2019 Presidential elections for our generation.
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Once again, I implore the frontline candidates in our generation.
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Let us come together and seize this historic window of opportunity for our generation to select one of us to go ahead of us … so that ALL OF US can come together and speak with one voice at the 2019 General Elections.
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Together, we can do the perceived impossible.
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Our generation is depending on us.
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We must not let them down.
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Signed
Fela Durotoye
Presidential Candidate’
