The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria has abandoned its presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili who withdrew from the race this morning, to declare their support for the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The party made this known shortly after Ezekwesili declared her readiness to form coalition with other candidates.
The vice presidential candidate, Mr Gani Galadima who is also the National Chairman of the party made the declaration on Thursday.
Mrs Ezekwesili announced her decision in a statement released by her campaign organisation.
The ACPN in a press statement made available to journalists during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday said her action was taken without consulting the party.
“This she does not seeing fit to inform the party whose mandate she is holding,” the party stated.
The party also accused Mrs Ezekwesili of using it as a platform to negotiate to be Nigeria’s finance minister.
“I have been put into confidence by one of her aide named lyinoluwa Aboyeji that she only wanted to use the platform of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) to negotiate to be Nigeria’s finance minister.”
The party also accused Mrs Ezekwesili of opening several accounts in the name of the party and her campaign without the knowledge of the party. It urged her to return all properties and donation received.
When asked if the party had an idea how much she got, the secretary of the party, Paul Isamade, revealed she admitted to the party about a month ago that she got $5000 and N35 million from local donations.
He also said she opened up to have spent N29 million so far.
Mrs Ezekwesili had said in her Thursday morning statement that she would provide details of her campaign expenses.
