By Peter Adelowo
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dumebi Kachikwu says there is no difference between President Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar in governance.
Kachikwu stated this at a world news conference in Abuja.
He lamented that Nigeria can not continue to have the same set of leaders, adding that it is time for fresh politicians to be given space to run the affairs of the nation.
Speaking on coalition, he said the party is not against coalition but that the politicians need to start from the grassroots rather than chasing the party’s elected officials out of the party for their personal gain was unacceptable.
When asked if he was informed about the coalition, Kachikwu explained he was invited to a meeting late last year and early this year for the development but backed out when he realised the motive was to return power to the north.
“Late last year, they approached me concerning this coalition, Eventually, early this year, I agreed to have a meeting with them. A close friend of mine persuaded me to go for a meeting and hear these people out. I went to this meeting that had former ministers, former highly placed persons in the last government and they presented their case to me, which is the need for a coalition”
“But I had one question. And my question was this, seeing that we just finished eight years of President Buhari, and that President Tinubu is his first term, Do you agree and accept that if there is a coalition, that the South is in their first term, and will be allowed to produce the flag bearer of this coalition, and their response was, we are taking our power back” Kachikwu stated.
Kachikwu added that the coalition is a sponsored move against the ordinary.
