The Presidential candidate of Alliance for New Nigeria(ANN) Fela Durotoye is the latest to pull out of the Presidential race, a few hours after Dr Oby Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal from the race.
Fela Durotoye who a few months ago, was picked as the consensus candidate under the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) chaired by Oby Ezekwesili, but the likes of Kingsley Moghalu who participated in the ‘election’ rejected the result alleging that it was rigged, leading to the collapse of the whole idea of PACT, as they all went their different ways, up until today.
Fela Durotoye who is the youngest of them all, a few hours ago took to his social media page to say:
“I AM READY to come into any coalition talks with my brothers Omoyele Sowore @yelesho and Prof. Kingsley Moghalu @moghalukingsley and to submit myself to any transparent process that will help us arrive at a selection of a Consensus Candidate from amongst us,” he said.
See his full statement:
From: FelaDUROTOYE
Presidential Candidate
Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
Date: Thursday, 24th January 2019
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I have always believed that leadership is about service and sacrifice and today, I would like to commend Dr. (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili for leading the charge to forming a viable coalition to presenting a Consensus Candidate for the 2019 Presidential elections.
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To ensure that an alliance is formed and we present a united front, I AM READY to come into any coalition talks with my brothers Omoyele Sowore and Prof. Kingsley Moghalu and to submit myself to any transparent process that will help us arrive at a selection of a Consensus Candidate from amongst us.
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To be clear, if the process produces any other candidate apart from myself, I AM READY to support whoever the Consensus Candidate is and to do all I can to support the coalition to win the 2019 Presidential elections for our generation.
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Once again, I implore the frontline candidates in our generation.
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Let us come together and seize this historic window of opportunity for our generation to select one of us to go ahead of us … so that ALL OF US can come together and speak with one voice at the 2019 General Elections.
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Together, we can do the perceived impossible.
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Our generation is depending on us.
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We must not let them down. ———
Signed
Fela Durotoye
Presidential Candidate
Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)