The Nigeria Intervention Movement and the Third Force have after several months of raising the hopes of some of Nigeria’s fringe parties for the endorsement of their presidential candidate dashed their hopes by encoring Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar for the election holding on Saturday.
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Following serious concerns expressed by eminent Nigerians, including Prof. Wole Soyinka, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili and Rt, Hon. Ghali Umar Naaba among others on the need to produce a consensus candidate from among the fresh breed ‘Third Force’ presidential hopefuls
The consensus presidential candidate of the Third Force will be jointly decided by some prominent Nigerians.
Damishi Sango, Chairman, Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, has accused Governor Simon Lalong of sponsoring a “third force” in the state’s governorship race.
One of the observations made when the pressure group, Third Force or Nigeria Intervention Movement, was formed early in 2018 was that its membership was star-studded. Star-studded in the sense that most of them were “very brilliant” people who have mindset that can hardly be compromised.
Osibogun said the timely declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari, no matter the political motivation, has put to rest the debate on the ideal party to hoist the flag of third force movement ahead of the 2019 general elections.
According to Kukah, establishing a Third Force coalition to merely produce a replacement to Buhari in 2019 would not fix the inefficiencies of the government unless the entire political class sees power as a trust given to them by the people
Babangida, in an initial statement that has generated controversy, said President Muhammadu Buhari should leave the stage in 2019 for a new generation “digital” leadership to take the country out of its current political quagmire
Obasanjo completed the membership form of the Movement and handed it over to former Governor of Osun State, Colonel Olagunsoye Oyinlola (retd), who is the National Coordinator of the group.
This was revealed in a statement by the Deputy Director General of NIM, Mallam Naseer Kura
The EVC of the oil exploration and production company said this in a statement on Friday