Olagunsoye Oyinlola, chairman of
the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), says President Muhammadu
Buhari should allow Bola Tinubu, national chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), contest the president election.
Addressing journalists at a news
conference in Abuja on Friday, Oyinlola said Buhari would go down in history as
the first president to hire a proxy in a presidential contest.
He said Buhari must debate
against other presidential candidates and “account for his stewardship to
Nigerians”.
“President Buhari has indeed said
senator Bola Tinubu would do the campaigns on his behalf. We hope he was
misquoted. Otherwise, Nigerians should simply ask him to step back from the
contest and let his party put Tinubu forward as its candidate,” he said.
“Buhari would go down as the
first candidate in history to hire a proxy in a presidential contest. He is the
one contesting, he should not be afraid to be the one to interface directly
with Nigerians.
“We urge Nigerians to insist that
President Buhari must show that he is fit and able for the nation’s top job by
leading his own campaign and by being at the presidential candidates’ debate.”
Oyinlola also accused the APC of
plotting to rig the 2019 elections by refusing to sign the electoral bill.
He noted that the amendments were
made in order to have better legal frameworks for delivery of free and fair
elections.
He said: “We, therefore, see the
president’s decision not to sign the bill as a direct, open threat to the
integrity of the elections and it is not funny.
“We call on him, therefore, to
have a rethink and sign the bill into law without any further delay.”
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