Barely hours after the shocking exit of Oby Ezekwesili, the candidate of the Allied Congress Party Of Nigeria (ACPN) and a former Minister Of Education, it seems another candidate, Fela Durotoye of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has agreed to step down for either African Action Congress’s Omoyele Sowore or Young Progressives Party’s Kingsley Moghalu.
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It appears the aim of this development is for the four of parties to come together to field one candidate to defeat the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and its biggest opposition, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 General Elections.
A statement issued an hour ago on his verified Instagram account reads:
From: FelaDUROTOYE
Presidential Candidate
Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
Date: Thursday, 24th January 2019
I have always believed that leadership is about service and sacrifice and today, I would like to commend Dr. (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili for leading the charge to forming a viable coalition to presenting a Consensus Candidate for the 2019 Presidential elections.
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 and Prof. Kingsley Moghalu and to submit myself to any transparent process that will help us arrive at a selection of a Consensus Candidate from amongst us.
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.
Once again, I implore the frontline candidates in our generation.
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.
Together, we can do the perceived impossible.
Our generation is depending on us.
We must not let them down.
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Signed
Fela Durotoye
Presidential Candidate
Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
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