Ahmed Buhari Withdraws From 2019 Presidential Race, Declares Support For PMB

The presidential candidate of the Sustainable National Party (SNP), Ahmed Buhari, has finally withdrawn from the Feb. 16 presidential election and declared support for President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari
made his decision known in an interview with SUNRISE daily, a breakfast
show on Channels Television and on his Instagram page.

The
decision may have come as a shock to his followers as he said his
stepping down from the race was to drum support for All Progressives
Congress (APC) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari.

Acording
to Ahmed Buhari, he is stepping down from the race because he believes
that president Buhari is the right man for the job.

He noted that the Buhari government has also made some gains in the last four years it came on board in the country.

The former SNP presidential candidate accused Nigerian youths of not backing young persons for the presidency.

He regretted his lack of resources to compete with the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

It
would be recalled that Ahmed Buhari was once a member of the main
opposition PDP but left for the SNP to fulfill his dream of becoming the
country’s leader.

Meanwhile, Kingsley Nwagu, the Vice
Presidential candidate of the SNP has distanced himself from the
decision of his presidential candidate to support President Buhari.

Nwagu
told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that
Ahmed Buhari was alone in his decision and that the party had replaced
his with Jaiye Gasikiya who was the runner-up during the presidential
primary election.

“We are still in the race; Ahmed Buhari acted
on his own without the party’s consent, so, as it is, the party has not
adopted any candidate neither will it adopt.

“But if it will, it
is left for the party to decide; we have already written to INEC and we
are elevating Jaiye Gaskiya who contested primary election with Ahmed
Buhari.

“INEC is yet to respond to our letter notifying them of
the development in the party, and we expect a positive response from
them.

“As it is, the ballot papers carry only the parties’ logo
and as such we are calling on all our members nationwide to still
thumbprint on our party logo,” Nwagu said.

Feb. 16 presidential
race would see President Buhari of the APC, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP
and over 50 other aspirants slugging it out for the country’s number one
seat.