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The group notes that based on his pedigree and track record, Atiku has
the constitutional right to contest any election in Nigeria
The
Concerned Nigerian Youth Development Organisation has said Atiku
Abubakar has the right to contest in the 2019 presidential election.
The
support for former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, to contest in the
2019 presidential election has got the backing of a group who said Atiku
had the right to contest the election on any political platform which
he desires.
The group, under the umbrella of
Concerned Nigerian Youth Development Organisation (CYNDO), said no
intimidation can stop the presidential ambition of Atiku Abubakar.
The
national coordinator, (CNYDO) Comrade Joel Edegba, made the statement
over the weekend, when appraising the gradual build up towards the 2019
general elections following early release of election time table by the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Edegba
said Atiku has the constitutional right to contest any election in
Nigeria based on his pedigree and track record, Leadership reports.
The
group’s coordinator said some top political figures were trying to stop
Atiku from realising his presidential ambition come 2019.
He said: “We in Concerned
Nigerian Youth Development Organisation, CNYDO, commends the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the first time to promptly
release an election time table ahead of 2019. It is an indication that
the electoral body is very prepared and ready to conduct elections. We
commend their move and early preparation.
“We
have it on record that some top political figures are beating their
chest that Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will
be stopped from realising his presidential ambition come 2019.
“We
think is an intimidation to Atiku by them and have made themselves
demi-gods in Nigerian politics. We declare that no height nor breadth of
intimidation can stop Atiku, and we the youths will see who will stop
him come 2019.
“Former
Vice President like every Nigerian has the constitutional right to
contest in 2019 on any political platform which he desires. So we the
youth in this country discard that intimidation because it is a storm in
a tea cup.”
Edegba called on Nigerian youths
to give their support to credible candidates before, during and after
the 2019 general elections.
Meanwhile,
a kinsman of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Richard Kpodoh,
has declared that the people of the Niger Delta will massively vote for
President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
Kpodoh made the declaration while reacting to Jonathan’s recent claims that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will reclaim power in 2019.
In
an open letter to the President, the Bayelsa state elder statesman
stressed that Buhari’s two years in power had exposed the rot
perpetrated by the Jonathan’s administration.
Kpodoh
said Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s, recent clampdown
on those he described as, “Jonathan boys” in Bayelsa and other parts of
the country has shown that the administration of the former President
was the worst in the history of Nigeria.
