APM dumps female presidential candidate, collapse structure for Atiku

With a week to the presidential election, the Allied People’s Movement (APM) has collapsed its entire structures in support of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

National chairman of the party, Yusuf Dantalle, who disclosed this at a press conference on Thursday night, said the party took the decision after its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Thursday in Abuja on crucial national issues, particularly the upcoming presidential election.

The adoption of Atiku means the APM won’t be supporting the aspiration of its presidential candidate, Princess Chichi Ojei.

Ojei, a prominent Delta State-born politician is the only female presidential candidate contesting the February 25 poll.

Dantalle said the party took the decision after evaluating the democratic credentials of Atiku and his running mate, Okowa and considered it appropriate in the national interest to adopt them for president and vice president in the forthcoming election.

Describing the former vice president as the best and the only presidential candidate that can rescue Nigeria, he said the country needs a competent, experienced, visionary, resourceful and dynamic leader to resolve its multifarious challenges and chart a new course for the nation in the next four years.

Dantalle stated: “APM has confidence in the leadership of Atiku-Okowa and will collapse its structures nationwide to campaign for their presidential ticket.

“The Party will, however, contest other elective positions including Senate, House of Representatives, Governorship and State House of Assembly seats.

“APM presented credible candidates for these positions and sure of victory in Governorship and Legislative seats.

+National interest supersedes partisan politics. We must join hands to rebuild our beloved nation and make Nigeria great again.

“The party urges Nigerians to come out en masse and vote for PDP’s presidential candidate and his running mate, Atiku and Okowa. The umbrella symbol of the party is big enough to accommodate fellow compatriots and turn around the destiny of the nation.