Barely hours after Oby Ezekwesili stepped down from the presidential race to form a coalition with other political parties, her former party, the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has revealed that it will be supporting President Buhari’s re-election bid.
The national chairman of the party and Ezekwesili’s running mate at the time, Gani Galadinma, made this known to newsmen this morning saying Ezekwesili’s plan was to use ACPN’s 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
Galadinma added that the party is expecting Ezekwesili to return all the donations “from all over the world” because the party would have to account to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
