Politics
CUPP TO BUHARI: Step down as APC presidential candidate for Tinubu
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to step down for Bola Tinubu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 election.
Addressing journalists at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, chairman of CUPP, 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.
Read also: Buhari will only use and dump you again, Atiku group replies Tinubu
“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.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...