₦airaland Forum

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 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, 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.

Source ; http://infomandate.com/2019/01/25/inec-rejects-ezekwisili-widrawal-from-the-presidential-race/