Opposition still holding talks on consensus presidential candidate – Ribadu

The presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has said that opposition parties are holding serious talks towards presenting a consensus presidential candidate against President Goodluck Jonathan in April 9 presidential election. Ribadu spoke on Sunday while answering questions from journalists at Minna International Airport, shortly after he arrived in Niger State for his presidential campaign. The campaign was held at Polo Ground after the government allegedly prevented the party from using the Trade Fair Complex and the Bako Kontagora Stadium for the rally. Ribadu revealed that the opposition was planning to present the best candidate for Nigeria, adding that all the progressives were together in the consensus agenda. He said, “We are talking about progressives coming together for at least one individual to confront the Peoples Democratic Party. We are talking about a progressive candidate, someone who is going to come and solve the problems of our people.” He said the issue was beyond a northern consensus project, saying that it was a national project that required support, contribution and commitment of the progressives. “We believe that Nigeria is one and our problem as a nation is the same. The problem that is confronting the North is the same that is confronting the South. We need the best, the most competent president that will come and solve the problem of the country. If he is from Northern Nigeria, so be it; we are looking for the best person to lead this country Ribadu, who arrived Minna together with his running mate, Alhaji Fola Adeola, the party’s National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, and other national leaders of the party, said the broom revolution was ongoing and would sweep away bad governance in the country. “The broom revolution is on and is taking over the country. We are going to effect the change and do what our country deserves. The people are going to see the change when we take over the country. We will be a leadership the people will trust and believe in. we are going to be fair and just.” Earlier, Akande, who was the former governor of Osun State, said that the choice of Ribadu by his party was informed by the need to cede the leadership of the country to younger generation, declaring, “the future belongs to the young ones”. “Since August last year, we were set on pushing forward the youth to rule this country. Mallam Nuhu Ribadu is a symbol of the youth of this country and by his experience and exposure, combined with Fola Adeola, his running mate, they will move the country forward”, he said. By Mike Odiegwu, Courtesy Of: Punch