Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has clinched the presidential ticket of
the People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN).
According to the Chairman, PPN Presidential Primary Elections Committee,
Mr. Dare Adekolu, Al-Mustapha won with 3,564,262 votes to beat Dr.
Imuetinyan Igbinnosa, who garnered 2,183,856 votes and Chief Isiaka
Olorunnimbe who polled 1,400,755 votes.
Adekolu who collated election results from the 36 states and the FCT at
the PPN Presidential Primaries/2018 National Convention which held in Ado
Ekiti, declared Al-Mustapha as the party’s presidential candidate.
Adekolu, who is Ekiti State PPN Chairman, urged party members and other
Nigerians to support and vote for the party’s flagbearer for the 2019
presidential election.
He said: “PPN has come to redeem Nigeria. PPN has come to save Nigeria
from poverty, lack, unemployment and underdevelopment, hence the need for
support”.
In his acceptance speech, Al-Mustapha, who was represented on the occasion
by Mr. Zakaria Husseini, promised Nigerians good leadership and promised
to salvage the country and put it back on the path of growth and
prosperity.
Husseini, who described the PPN flagbearer as a detribalised, patriotic
Nigerian and experienced administrator, assured that Al-Mustapha would
“provide the missing link in governance in Nigeria and ensure better lives
for the citizenry in all spheres of the economy”.
In his address, PPN National Chairman, Hon Razak Eyiowuawi, who expressed
confidence that with the party’s flagbearer, the road was clear for PPN to
win the 2019 presidential election, described the party as the country’s
life-wire with its emphasis as agriculture development.
Eyiowuawi said “the popularity, wealth of experience and Major
Al-Mustaphaand his appeal to a wide spectrum will help the party to
victory. PPN is a force to reckon with. We are going into this election
which we believe we can win with positive mind”.
The PPN chairman, who dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the
2019 presidential election would be straight fight between APC and PDP,
said his party was the party to beat, saying: “Major Al-Mustapha will take
over from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
“Remember PPN is part of coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP).
Apart from the fact that our party can win the election on its own, our
candidate is expected to emerge as the CUPP candidate for the presidential
election and will defeat Buhari.
“I know that PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will work
with Major Al-Mustapha when our candidate emerges as CUPP presidential
candidate. Nigerians can be rest-assured of value of lives, welfare of
workers, education development and repositioning of the economy among
others under Al-Mustapha’s government,” the PPN National Chairman said.