“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.”, Galadima said.
Observers see Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from the presidential election as a slap on many Nigerian women who had found solace in her campaign and messages designed to woo young voters.
Her campaign across major Nigerian cities in recent weeks had been devoid of the usual teeming crowds that populate the rallies of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and major opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The poor donations to her fundraising efforts may have also contributed to her decision to quit as most of her messages were mostly on social media with critics paying little attention to her as an unserious candidate who could not boast of a campaign headquarters. They add that she was swift to issue a statement announcing her withdrawal ahead of her party’s endorsement of the 76-year old incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari.
The ACPN later endorsed Buhari at its briefing, announced by her running mate in what looked like a flexing of muscles. The presidential election holds on February 16.
