Fela Durotoye Offers To Step Down For Consensus Candidate

Fela Durotoye Offers To Step Down For Consensus Candidate
Fela Durotoye is popular for his ‘running for a Nigeria’ mantra

FELA DUROTOYE OFFERS TO STEP DOWN FOR CONSENSUS CANDIDATE

On the heels of the announcement that the Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili has withdrawn from the presidential race, her former counterpart Fela Durotoye of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) also took to his Instagram page not quite long to state his support for Madam Oby’s stand and expresses his interest to sacrifice his own presdential ambition for the proposed coalition.

Fela Durotoye wrote:

I have always believed that leadership is about service and sacrifice and today, I would like to commend Dr. (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili @obyezeks for leading the charge to forming a viable coalition to presenting a Consensus Candidate for the 2019 Presidential elections.

On the proposed coalition he posted:

To ensure that an alliance is formed and we present a united front, I AM READY to come into any coalition talks with my brothers Omoyele Sowore @yelesho and Prof. Kingsley Moghalu @moghalukingsley and to submit myself to any transparent process that will help us arrive at a selection of a Consensus Candidate from amongst us.

He further reiterates his support for whoever the coalition process produces when he said:

To be clear, if the process produces any other candidate apart from myself, I AM READY to support whoever the Consensus Candidate is and to do all I can to support the coalition to win the 2019 Presidential elections for our generation.

He finally implored whoever emerges as the frontline candidate not to fail Nigerians and the current generation.

His post read:

Once again, I implore the frontline candidates in our generation.
Let us come together and seize this historic window of opportunity for our generation to select one of us to go ahead of us … so that ALL OF US can come together and speak with one voice at the 2019 General Elections.
Together, we can do the perceived impossible.
Our generation is depending on us.
We must not let them down.

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