Eunice Atuejide, the National Chairman and Presidential Candidate of
the National Interest Party (NIP) has officially announced her
withdrawal from the 2019 presidential race.
She released a statement today saying, ‘when I set out on this
journey in 2016, I promised myself one thing – to always put Nigeria
first! I invested so much into bringing together all the alternative
candidates and when that failed, I invested even more into my race for
the Presidency’.
I pursued my bid for the Presidency like my life depended on becoming
the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019 and I have no
regrets whatsoever.Indeed, no institution in the entire world could teach me the things I
learned racing for the Presidency in Nigeria in 2018/2019, particularly
as I started out being an overly idealistic young woman determined to
save her country from demise overnight. The experience so far is a
compulsory element in my political development and exposure to the
electioneering processes in Nigeria, so I am grateful.My race for the Presidency was programmed to end on 16th February
2019, and it ended on that day. Therefore, the Presidential Election
proposed to hold on 23rd February 2019 due to the last minute
postponement on the part of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) does not involve me.In fact, that race is only between the incumbent President Muhammadu
Buhari and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Therefore, every well meaning Nigerian
particularly those whose party logos are on the ballot sheets should
pick a side. Whatever we do on Saturday 23rd February, we will be voting
either Atiku or Buhari i.e. either PDP or APC for the 2019 Presidency.So my people, having committed to always put Nigeria first, having
gotten to know most of the candidates vying for the Presidency in 2019
one on one, having investigated most of them independently, and having
seriously considered the inherent dangers in allowing the incompetence
of President Buhari to continue, I choose to fight for the benefit of
every Nigerian on the side of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
