2019: 36 Political Parties Gang Up Against APC

Olu Falae, SDP, National Chairman

Coalition Of Political Parties Move Against APC

No less than 36 political parties have formed a coalition to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the forthcoming 2019 presidential elections in the country.

‎The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae, disclosed this to news men in Abuja on Wednesday when he hosted the representatives of the Chairmen of the parties of the Coalition under the umbrella of the ‘Coalition of Concerned Political Parties”, (CCPP), in continuation of the group’s consultations ahead of 2019.

‎Chief Falae stated that the coming together presents a formidable platform to tackle the complex and multi-faceted problems been experienced in the country.

In his statement, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said: “the members of Coalition have been meeting and consulting since February this year for the progress and the unity of the country,

“We have reached the stage of putting up a steering committee to formulate a blueprint for the nation’s problems ahead of the the 2019 general elections, you don’t rule out anything under the situation we are in the country now, we may later form an alliance or a coalition to fight our common course of restoring of the nation lost glory.”

Chairman of the coalition, who is also the National Chairman of the Justice Party, Chief Breetfort Onwubuya, said that the coalition had been strategizing and discussing with relevant stakeholders on how to salvage Nigeria and Nigerians from the present predicament of the current administration.

In his words, “We are searching for the ‎solutions to the complicated problem of the Country, we were 40 registered political parties when we started but as of today, we are now 36 and we are very committed to the unity and progress of this country.”

Mallam Shehu Musa Gabam, the National Secretary of the SDP, assured that the Coalition would reveal its final decision in one or two weeks.