Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate Kola Abiola says the party is not considering forming an alliance with other parties ahead of the 2023 general election.
He made the remarks on Saturday in Abuja, at the launch of the party’s manifesto for the 2023 elections.
Abiola is the first child of the late MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the presidential election on June 12, 1993.
He stated at the event that the PRP has a strong grassroots network to win the presidential election in 2023.
“I can’t see any right away. You have to run the race before you start thinking of an alliance,” he said.
“We have a very strong grassroots network. We have been campaigning at the grassroots. We will soon begin our national campaign.
“We have a wide reach. We are in all the local government areas of the country and we have 711 candidates nationwide. That is what we require to run a successful campaign.
“We are a national party that will make a big difference in the election.”
Abiola also denied that he was riding on his late father’s legacy.
“It is very unfortunate and ignorant of people to say that. I’m a man of my own right,” he added.
Falalu Bello, the PRP’s national chairman, also spoke at the event and described Abiola as an intellectually capable candidate.
“Our presidential candidate is physically fit and capable to contest alongside other candidates,” he said.
Bello refuted claims that PRP candidates paid to secure tickets, saying they were false.
“We in PRP, whoever had a mandate to contest, whether presidential or gubernatorial, did not spend a kobo that he gave to the party to be nominated for any position,” he added.
“In terms of principle, there is no party better than PRP. We have been tested. We had formed government in Kaduna and Kano states.”
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