No fewer than 40
political parties have adopted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as their
consensus candidate in the presidential election in 2019.
The
parties under the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) took the
decision on Wednesday following a closed-door meeting at the Yar’Adua Centre in
Abuja.
The
national spokesperson for the coalition, Ikenga Ugochinyere, disclosed this in
a statement.
According
to him, the decision to endorse the presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) enjoyed the majority support of the parties at the
meeting.
“The
coalition arrived at Atiku’s choice after he towered high on the criteria used
by the opposition in arriving at the decision which includes national
acceptability, financial capacity, spread of his political party, leadership
capacity, international acceptability, experience, capacity to rebuild the
economy, secure the country and unite all Nigerians among other factors,”
Ugochinyere said.
The
coalition spokesperson added that the coalition parties would hold a formal
meeting with Atiku before Friday to flag off the CUPP campaign.
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