Few hours after the Presidential candidates of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Obiageli Ezekwesili withdrew from the Presidential election slated for February 16, her running mate Alhaji Gani Galadima, on Thursday endorsed the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to Punch, a source close to Galadima disclosed that by withdrawing from the presidential race, Ezekwesili had given Galadima a direct entry and opportunity he had been looking for to endorse Buhari. According to the source
“Galadima is not known and ACPN is not popular. By withdrawing from the race, the opportunity has now knocked at his door to endorse Buhari. This is what he has been looking for”
Meanwhile, the party in a press conference organized on Thursday said, contrary to Ezekwesili's decision, to join a coalition that would dislodge the APC and PDP, the party has endorsed the candidate of the APC.
“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,” he said.
“This she does not deem fit to inform the party whose mandate she is holding. 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.”
