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FORMER Minister of Education and presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili, has joined widespread protest against the presence of top military and security officers at the launch of the ruling All Progressive Congress 2019 presidential election campaign.
Ezekwesili called on Nigerians to resist such actions and any attempt to continue with their failed system.
In a statement signed by the Director of Special Projects for “Hope 2019”, Hajiya Aisha Yesufu, said the presence of security chiefs at the event was similar to cases in previous administrations.
According to her, such only succeeded in compromising agents and officers of security parastatals in the country.
The statement reads:
“We are confident in the ability of suffering Nigerian masses to stop the shenanigans of enemies of true democracy. A lot of Nigerians have commented on the likelihood that the retention of the service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari is part of a well-oiled plot to rig the 2019 election.
“However, as a mass-oriented purposeful political grouping, we can only continue to mobilise citizens towards the exercise of their franchise and civic responsibility.
“We are also confident that no gang up can defeat the social forces arrayed against the decadent leadership that has impoverished our people and extinguished hope in the country.
“Our presidential candidate, Obiageli Ezekwesili, is committed to lifting 80 million Nigerians out of abject poverty and undoing the economic downturn imposed on the nation.”
