AD Suspends Presidential Candidate, Adopts Jonathan

The Alliance for Democracy, AD, has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate for the March 28 presidential election.

The party also announced that its National Executive Council, NEC, has suspended its former National Secretary, Rafiu Salau, after finding him culpable of anti-party activities.

It said Salau, who emerged as the factional presidential candidate of the party was suspended after NEC meeting.
Speaking with newsmen after its NEC meeting held in Lagos, AD national chairman, Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa, said the party would now work for President Jonathan’s re-election.

Akinfenwa said: “Our decision to endorse Dr. Goodluck Jonathan did not come easy.
“We had to critically compare his record with that of General Buhari and we can affirm that Jonathan has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that he is a true democrat.”
The party leader added that he did not see the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) as a true representative of patriotic, detribalized northerners, who can bring the desired change Nigeria needed.