The Coalition of United Political
Parties (CUPP) has reacted to the withdrawal of the Social Democratic Party
(SDP) from the recent endorsement of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as
the consensus candidate for 2019 presidential election.
SDP National Publicity Secretary,
Mr Mohammed Alfa, had last week said the party already has a candidate, Mr
Donald Duke whose name had been submitted to INEC for the 2019 election.
Reacting, however, Ikenga Imo
Ugochinyere, CUPP 1st National Spokesperson described the withdrawal of the SDP
as inconsequential.
He insisted that the development
would not in any way affect the chances of Atiku Abubakar becoming the next
president of Nigeria .
Ugochinyere made this assertion
in a statement issued on Tuesday. The statement reads:
“Our attention been drawn to the
statement of SDP announcing their withdrawal from the Coalition.
“CUPP wishes to state that the pulling
out of the coalition by SDP is a failed attempt to help the dwindling electoral
fortunes of President Buhari.
“It must be noted that SDP,
before the recent withdrawal, was a member of the Steering and Selection
committees of the CUPP and was represented by Dr. Olu Agunloye where the final
decision was taken. So the SDP also fully participated in all the selection
processes.
“It is in record that SDP was in
the coalition when the CUPP template was drafted. It is therefore surprising
for SDP to pull out of the coalition at this point.
“Let it also be known that the
SDP’s anger over the loss of the Vice Presidential slot of the coalition is not
attainable. This is because Section 142 of the 1999 constitution says the
President and Vice President must be from the same political party. The pull
out of SDP after they have voted and a consensus reached, is baseless and does
not show the spirit of nationalism.
“The coalition is however, waxing
stronger even with the pulling out of SDP as 5 more political parties have
joined the coalition. We at the coalition are not disturbed as the SDP
candidate does not have clout and electoral value to challenge the coalition
candidate.
We hereby urge Nigerians to
remain steadfast and unflinching in their support for the coalition as the
state of the union of the coalition is strong and victory is assured.”
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