PDP Wins Big as Top Political Party Dumps Own Presidential Candidate for Atiku 8 Days to Poll

• The Allied Peoples Movement has adopted Atiku Abubakar as its 2023 presidential candidate in the February 25 election
• The party's national chairman made the announcement at a press briefing on Thursday, February 15
• Yusuf Dantalle said the Peoples Democratic Party's umbrella is big enough to accommodate members of the APM, including their presidential candidate Chichi Ojei

Barely eight days before the 2023 presidential election, the Allied Peoples Movement collapsed its structure to support the candidacy of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The Punch reports that APM's national chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, announced that the party will now support Atiku Abubakar and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the PDP as president and vice president.

Speaking at a press conference organised in Abuja on Thursday night, February 16, Dantalle said the party's decision came after a meeting of APM's national executive committee on the forthcoming election, where they agreed to adopt the flagbearer of the PDP as its 2023 presidential candidate.

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The party's decision comes barely 12 hours after Chichi Ojei, APM's standard-bearer and Nigeria's only female presidential candidate for the 2023 election, raised the alarm over plans by APM to truncate her ambition.

APM's adoption of Atiku as its presidential candidate means that Ojei will no longer serve as the party's flagbearer.

Atiku a better presidential candidate - APM

Defending APM's decision, Dantalle said the party is confident that Atiku stands a better chance of winning the February 25 election.

He also said that the former vice president has all it takes to serve as the resourceful president Nigeria deserves.

His words:

“The party will, however, contest other elective positions, including Senate, House of Representatives, Governorship and State House of Assembly seats.

“APM presented credible candidates for these positions and sure of victory in Governorship and Legislative seats.

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“National interest supersedes partisan politics. We must join hands to rebuild our beloved nation and make Nigeria great again.

Sole female presidential candidate raises alarm, lays allegations against party, PDP

Women's participation in Nigerian politics might be under threat, as alleged by the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement.

Chichi Ojei accused her party of plotting a merger with the Peoples Democratic Party thereby undermining her effort to become Nigeria's first-ever female president.

According to Ojei, who is APM's 2023 flagbearer, she is not a party to APM's plan to merge with the PDP.

Peter Obi or Bola Tinubu? Influential former governor tells Nigerians who to vote on February 25

Nigerians have been advised on the best approach to voting for the candidate who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari by May 29.

The advice was handed to Nigerians by a former governor of Anambra state Chukwuemeka Ezeife who believes that candidates from the northern part of the country should not be given a chance at the poll.

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Source: Legit.ng