Former Minister of Education and co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls movement, OBY EZEKWESILI, has declared her intention to run for the presidency in the 2019 general elections.

She will be running under the platform of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN.

EZEKWESILI who said this during the party’s national convention in Abuja explained that she joined the presidential race because the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party had failed in addressing the yearnings and aspirations of the people.

While speaking on a monitored program, OBY EZEKWESILI said she is in the race for the good of the people.

She also stated that the message of her party and her campaign is that of hope with the hashtag #Hope2019.

Presidential aspirants who lost to former Vice President, ATIKU ABUBAKAR in the Peoples Democratic Party primary have pledged their full support to him.

ATIKU ABUBAKAR defeated eleven other aspirants at the party’s National convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The former vice president scored 1,532 votes, more than double scored by his closest challenger, AMINU TAMBUWAL, who had 693 votes. Senate President BUKOLA SARAKI came third with 317 votes.

Reacting to the victory, ATIKU ABUBAKAR commended the transparent conduct of the exercise adding the victory is for all Nigerians.

He also said that he learnt a lot under former President, OLUSEGUN OBASANJO.

Speaking on behalf of the other aspirants, BUKOLA SARAKI, pledged their support to the former Vice President.

Wife of the President, Mrs. AISHA BUHARI has faulted the manner in which some of the primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress were conducted.

She particularly took a swipe at the party’s National Chairman, ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE, who she accused of allowing impunity under his watch.

She made her position known in a series of tweets she posted on her verified Twitter handle, @aishambuhari, on Sunday.

She said the conduct negated the principle of change that the APC stood for.

The President’s wife, whose brother contested the governorship primary in Adamawa State and lost to the incumbent, however, did not mention the specific cases she was referring to.

The Presiding Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, TUNDE BAKARE has expressed optimism that he will become the sixteenth President of the country.

While speaking at his state of the nation address to mark the 58th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria, Pastor TUNDE BAKARE however declared that he is “running” in 2019 election but not against President MUHAMMADU BUHARI.

He said the emergence of former Vice President, ATIKU ABUBAKR as the Presidential candidate of the PDP means the battle between APC and the PDP in 2019 will be a tough one.

According to him, many Nigerians have been asking questions on when he will declare his 2019 Presidential ambition.

Pastor TUNDE BAKARE lamented that the country has spent N450b conducting five general elections since 1999 when millions of people are wallowing in abject poverty.