Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, KINGSLEY MOGHALU has emerged the presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP.

MOGHALU, who was a former UN officer, emerged through delegate’s election at the party’s first National Convention and Presidential Primaries held over the weekend in Abuja.

MOGHALU scored 243 votes out of 253 accredited delegates, after his only opponent, DONALD IGWEGBU later stepped down for him.

While announcing his decision to step down, DONALD IGWEGBU said he took the decision not because he was not qualified to contest in 2019 but because MOGHALU shared the same vision with him.

He called on party members and his supporters to support MOGHALU, while urging other politicians to emulate his spirit of sportsmanship.

In his acceptance speech, KINGSLEY MOGHALU said Nigeria needed a leader of international repute, not politicians that had failed the country.