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| Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili |
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it
is too late for any candidate to withdraw from elections.
The Director, Voter Education
and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said this during a chat with our
correspondent on Thursday.
He said this while reacting to the withdrawal of the
Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Mrs. Oby
Ezekwesili, and a few others.
The INEC official said since
it had released its final list of candidates last week, it had become too late
for anybody to withdraw, adding that the logo of the parties would still appear
on the ballot paper come February 16.
Osaze-Uzzi said, “According to
the Electoral Act, there is a time for withdrawal and that time has passed.
We have published a list of candidates and on election day, these are the
parties that you will see. It is too late.”
Ezekwesili, who is a former Minister of Education, had
on Thursday announced her withdrawal from the Presidential election, insisting
that she would rather form a coalition with like minds in order to win the
election.
The Presidential candidate of
the Alliance for New Nigeria, Mr. Fela Durotoye, had also said that he would be
willing to step down like Ezekwesili in order to form a coalition that could
defeat the incumbent.
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