Why Tinubu, Atiku Should Withdraw From Presidential Race, NNPP Gives Reasons
- The NNPP has asked the presidential candidates of PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to withdraw from the race
- According to NNPP, the call for the withdrawal of both Atiku and Tinubu was a result of serious allegations levelled against them
- Going further, the allegations of corruption and drug peddling have made a mockery of the 2023 general election
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A strong message has been sent to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his All Progressives Congress counterpart (APC) Bola Tinubu. The message was sent by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The message is simple: Withdraw from next month’s presidential election, Punch Newspaper reports.
NNPP says it is calling for their withdrawal following the allegations of drug peddling and corruption levelled against both candidates respectively.
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This was disclosed in a statement signed by NNPP’s national publicity secretary, Dr Agbo Major.
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According to him, their withdrawal from the race would give them ample time to answer to charges preferred against them in court.
The statement read in part:
“Nigeria has been brought to ridicule and disrepute before the comity of nations over accusations of high level corruption and drug peddling against Atiku and Tinubu. He that goes to equity must come with a clean hand.
“NNPP demands the immediate withdrawal of both presidential candidates to answer to charges preferred against them in court. It is justice juxtaposed for them to continue in the presidential race with heavy allegations of wrongdoings on their shoulders. It is moral burden for the two candidates to continue in this race at a time Nigerians are looking for a younger and unblemished crop of leaders. There is no moral justification for Atiku and Tinubu to strive to rule the nation until the court decides their fates one way or the other. National interest supersedes personal interests, aggrandizement and grandstanding in the quest for a better, greater, progressive, equitable and just democratic nation."
PDP crisis: Wike gets tough message from Rivers monarch on naming of Preferred presidential candidate
Meanwhile, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has been sent a strong message ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in Rivers state and Paramount Ruler of Emohua Kingdom, HRM Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse, Oloh De IV, Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse has told Governor Nyesom Wike that his supporters were tired of him and his G-5 alliance’s dilly-dallying on naming their preferred presidential candidate for next month’s election.
The monarch on Wednesday, January 18, raised the growing concern among the governor’s associates and party supporters at Rumuji-Odegwe town where Wike led the statewide PDP campaigns rally to Emohua Local Government Area. Despite the traditional ruler spilling the people’s frustrations on the development, Governor Wike who had assured the day before that he and allies were close to deciding on who to support, continued with the suspense at the rally, rationalising instead that the eventual choice candidate would be a man of integrity.
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