‘I am ready to submit myself to any transparent
process that will produce a consensus candidate’ Fela Durotoye reacts
as Oby Ezekwesili drops ambition
Moments after Oby Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal from 2019
presidential race saying she has opted to help build a coalition to
defeat APC and PDP in the February election, Fela Durotoye has issued a
statement saying he’s ready for a coalition.
According to him, ‘I am ready to submit myself to any transparent
process that will help us arrive at a selection of a Consensus
Candidate from amongst us’.
He went on to say, ‘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’.
See his full statement below…
I have always believed that leadership is about service and sacrifice
and today, I would like to commend Dr. (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili for leading
the charge to forming a viable coalition to presenting a Consensus
Candidate for the 2019 Presidential elections.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 and Prof. Kingsley Moghalu and to submit myself to any
transparent process that will help us arrive at a selection of a
Consensus Candidate from amongst us.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.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.
Signed
Fela Durotoye
Presidential Candidate
Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)