Barely three hours after Oby Ezekwesili quit her Presidential ambition, Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has decided to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential front-liner, Muhammadu Buhari.
Also, ACPN has threatened to sue its former presidential candidate, Ezekwesili, if she refuse to return all the party material and donations she received within the little time she was in the party.
Ezekwesili had announced her decision to withdraw from the presidential race early hours of Thursday, January 24, 2019, to devote her time in building a coalition that would the defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
But this did not go down well with the party following claims that the former minister did not officially inform officials of her decision.
At a press conference organised by the party Thursday in Abuja, National chairman of the ACPN, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima who was also the running mate of his party, said Ezekwesili only wanted to use the platform to negotiate for the position of Finance Minister.
Galadima accused Ezekwesili of not showing any seriousness in her campaign.
The ACPN chairman also announced the decision of the party to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid.
“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,” Galadima began.
“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.
“This is why she does not deem it 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.
“We may take her to court during her brief sojourn,” he declared.
