“We now have a presidential candidate, Mr Donald Duke. We have a total of 420 candidates we will field across the country for various offices,” said Mr Baba-Ahmed.
“As a northerner, I am completely comfortable supporting Donald Duke because he is the best candidate available to us, not because he comes from the South,” he said.
A former presidential aspirant, Patience Key, has resigned from the Peoples Redemption Party, stating that the party’s core values no longer resonated with her.
The party stated that the aspirants demonstrated a commitment to democratic ideals and internal party unity by agreeing to abide by the primary outcome.
Peoples Redemption Party has welcomed the Federal High Court judgement nullifying certain guidelines issued by Independent National Electoral Commission.
The ADC spokesperson further expressed concerns over “Nigeria’s shrinking democratic space under the All Progressives Congress”.
Each of the participating parties is expected to deliver brief statements at the summit.
Ms Ofure-Key, a former presidential aspirant, said the governor should focus on governance rather than boasting about 2027.
Mr Ofure-Key also called on Nigerians to reject vote-buying and cartel politics, as well as religious and ethnic manipulations.
The PRP urged relevant authorities to ensure that not only justice prevails, but that constitutional order is restored, and that the dangerous precedent is decisively overturned.
