To give verve to the recent launch of Coalition of Nigeria Movement in Abuja, some prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) graced the official launch of the movement.
Coalition for Nigeria was proposed by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in a 13-page letter to President Muhmmadu Buhari to to break the political grip of the country’s two major parties- PDP and APC.
Some prominent chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) on Wednesday, January 31, swarmed the venue of the launch of Coalition for Nigeria, the Third ForceS.
Ex-governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the leader of the group, said that the need to restructure Nigeria for the better forced them to make the urgent move.
Olagunsoye said the new formed coalition is not all about Obasanjo.
“To say that we are legitimising Obasanjo’s legacy is wrong. I think what he has done is steering us from slumber.
“However, nobody can fault Obasanjo’s letter. We are not a political party for now. Our aim is to help Nigerians take the country from those who take the country as business. It is not the destiny of Nigeria to remain in crisis and in the doldrums,” he said.
Present at the launch were:
1. Buba Galadima, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees, BOT.
2. Former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the incumbent chairman of the Nigeria Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
3. PDP former national chairman of the party, Col. Ahmadu Ali (retd).
4. Former Governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke.
5. Former PDP presidential aspirant, Dr. Abduljelil Tafawa Balewa.
6. Akin Osuntokun, a former spokesperson for ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo.
