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I still remain SDP presidential candidate – Duke

The Eagle Online by The Eagle Online
February 8, 2019
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Duke: I’ll run for presidency in 2019
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Former governor of Cross River, Donald Duke, says he still remain the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party and would present himself for the February 16 poll.
Duke said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos, while reacting to the decision of the National Executive Committee of the party to withdraw from the election and adopt President Muhammadu Buhari as its preferred candidate.
He said: “Regardless and for the avoidance of doubt, I Donald Duke, remain on the ballot and the candidate of the SDP as recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
“This unfortunate saga is as a result of an aspirant who lost at the party primaries on October 6, 2018, fair and square, does not query the conduct of the primaries but rather resorts to bigotry, querying my suitability to contest for the presidency on grounds that I come from the wrong part of the country.
“The Federal Court of Appeal has put this matter to rest. The office of president does not belong to any party and therefore not for a party to zone.,” he said.
Duke identified internal management of party affairs as the bane of the nation’s democracy.
He said his decision to run for the presidency was to afford the electorate a credible alternative.
He said: “My decision to run on an untainted political platform rather than on one which I was a founding member is grounded on a desire to afford our electorate and indeed our nation a clean break, options and alternatives to her current gladiators.
“For the SDP NEC to thereby endorse the APC or any other party, is rather unfortunate and betrays in my opinion, the desire of the vast majority of our party members and Nigerians credible alternatives to our nation’s leadership.
“I need not say more, suffice that I remain on the ballot and thereby still present myself as a candidate for the office of president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The SDP NEC had on Thursday announced the party’s withdrawal from the presidential race while adopting Buhari, the All Progressives Congress candidate, for the poll.
It explained that the decision was based on the protracted legal issue facing the party.
Duke said: “We cannot campaign, we cannot do anything because of the protracted legal issue and we feel that it is impeccable to technically withdraw from the presidential election.
“We want to focus on the National Assembly, Governorship and State House of Assemblies election for which we have fielded candidates across the country.
“We are therefore adopting Buhari, the APC Presidential candidate, as our preferred candidate for the February 16 election.”

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