The presidential candidate of the
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, has reacted
to claims that her candidacy will only result in splitting votes originally
meant for the big political parties.
Ezekwesili, a former Minister of
Education rejected this notion, saying that her presidential ambition stands as
a credible alternative to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
“I don’t know why anyone will
think it makes sense that I’m here to split votes. I am here to answer the call
of majority of Nigerians who are living in abject poverty in the midst of
abundance. I am running as a credible alternative to the Siamese Twins of
failure that the #APCPDP represents – that is precisely why I am in the race be
President,” Ezekwesili said.
“It is high time the ruling elite
know that they have a fight in the hands – and the fight is not against me – it
is against the hundreds of millions of people out in the streets with no
assurance of food, shelter, and other basic amenities. That is the fight that
they are in, and I can assure you that they – Nigeria’s failed leadership –
cannot win,” she added.
There are insinuations in some
quarters that Ezekwesili’s involvement in politics is a ploy to split votes in
favour of certain presidential candidates, a rumour that has been denied by the
former Vice President of the World Bank for Africa.
Ezekwesili’s insists her campaign
is positioned as an alternative to the two main parties which has continued to
exhibit incompetent leadership and grand corruption in all its activities.
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