Citizen Forum, a think-tank conveyed by Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu for the February 16 presidential election.
Soyinka made this known in a Friday statement made available to the media.
Recall that the Nobel Laureate had last Thursday rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the general election.
Revealing how the forum came about the choice of Moghalu, Soyinka’s statement read, “Over the past few months , we studied the careers , experiences and track records of most of the presidential aspirants , and most intensely those actually shortlisted by the opposition parties themselves . Like millions of Nigerians , we watched the debates . I physically interacted with some of the acknowledged top contenders, in some cases several times . We participated in Handshake Across Nigeria , where some candidates presented their briefs . Among others , I delivered a keynote address . We watched television interviews. We have exchanged notes with highly respected international civil servants . The drive towards consensus among these dedicated groups sometimes took the form of test questionnaires to the aspirants , including items such as : ‘Who among the contestants would you choose , if you did not emerge as the ultimate preference ?’”
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