CUPP hqtrs disowns endorsement of Ganduje by Kano branch




The national headquarters of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has dissociated itself from the purported endorsement of the victory of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in the governorship election by its Kano branch.

The coalition dismissed the alleged endorsement Governor Ganduje’s victory saying the group that claimed to represent the CUPP was not known by it.

In a statement, Thursday, by its spokesman, Ikenga Ugochinyere, alleged that contrary to the group’s claim of emerging from its fold, it alleged that the persons who formed the group were agents of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC).

 “APC agents from Ganduje’s village came under the name of CUPP to support the stolen mandate.”

 “The national headquarters of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has dissociated itself from a group that called itself the Kano state chapter of the coalition and used its platform to endorse Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

“The group, led by one Isah Nuhu Isah, was said to have paid a solidarity visit to Ganduje during which it claimed that 42 parties that made up the coalition in the state have dropped their plan to challenge Ganduje’s victory at the just-concluded supplementary election before the tribunal.

“We make bold to say that the CUPP is a national coalition formed to work for the emergence of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the protection of national interest,” it said in the statement.

The statement read further: “For the avoidance of any doubt, the position of the CUPP remains that Ganduje is parading a stolen mandate that will be retrieved from him.

“The recruitment of APC agents from Ganduje village to come under the name of CUPP to support the stolen mandate He is parading is laughable and a show of the political inexperience of Ganduje which led to his disgraceful outing at the ballot in the first place.

“The coalition, therefore, has not, and will never endorse him because we will not be part of the illegality that foisted him on the people of Kano State who roundly rejected him as seen during the election.”

Further, it said “CUPP is a national coalition focused on taking presidential power via constitutional means and protection of national interest and not for state jamboree.”

“The mandate Ganduje stole will be retrieved and He should enjoy his interim second term without dragging CUPP into his quest for legitimacy,” it added.

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