Buhari endorses Buhari to win Saturday's presidential election
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The presidential candidate of the Sustainable National Party (SNP), Ahmed Buhari, has dropped out of the presidential race to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for victory.
The 36-year-old announced his decision at the older Buhari's presidential campaign rally in Abuja on Wednesday, February 13, 2019.
While addressing APC supporters at the rally, the Lagos-based businessman said he stepped down for President Buhari, 76, because their policy documents are similar and he has a better chance of winning the election scheduled for Saturday, February 16.
He said, "As the days have drawn closer, we have seen the reality; there are just two political parties and we cannot take chances.
"Based on the APC manifesto and policy document that looks more like ours, we have decided to pitch our tent with the APC and step down today and support President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 presidential election."
Ahmed Buhari Buhari further called on all Nigerian youths to re-elect President Buhari and appealed to the septuagenarian to include more youths in his government.
"I want to encourage all the youths out there to understand that we're doing this because we want the entire support of the young people for President Muhammadu Buhari.
"And, Mr President, from the youth constituency, we want you to include us in your governance so that it can be all-inclusive regardless of ethnicity, religion, political party, ideological affiliation, social status and even age bracket," he said.
It was also announced at the rally that the presidential candidate of the African Peoples Alliance (APA), Aliyu Ibrahim, had also stepped down to endorse Buhari for victory.
When he later came onstage, President Buhari vowed to consolidate on the achievements of his first term.
Even though 73 candidates are listed to contest in Saturday's election, a few of them have dropped out to endorse Buhari or Atiku Abubakar, his main opponent and flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Oby Ezekwesili, a former minister, also withdrew from the race last month after internal conflict with her party, the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). The party promptly endorsed Buhari to win the election.
2019 general elections
The 2019 general elections will kick off with the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 16 while Governorship and State Assembly elections will take place on March 2.
A total of 84,004,084 are registered to vote in the elections.
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