Okwe Obi, Abuja
A female presidential candidate on the platform of National Action Council (NAC), Dr Rabia Hassan Cengiz, has stepped down and thrown her weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of next Saturday’s presidential election.
Cengiz is the second candidate to quit the presidential race after former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, of Allied Congress Party Nigeria (ACPN), also withdrew.
While addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, she said her decision was based on her belief that President Buhari had done well worthy of a re-election.
She, therefore, called on Nigerians to overwhelmingly vote for the APC candidate to enable him entrench dividends of democracy.
Her words: “After due consultations with party members and critical stakeholders, I am pleased to inform you that NAC has decided to support the candidature of President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC. All NAC members are enjoined to vote for him on February 16.”
She further maintained that Ezeuko Emeka popularly known as Rev. King, whose presidential posters flood the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, does not belong to NAC, neither is he a card carrying member of the party.