Aspiring flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress Stephen Atubiga is claiming the various contenders in the party’s presidential primary have been lobbying him to withdraw from the race to support them. The ex-convict, who is expected to file his nomination today to contest the presidential primary, claimed Tuesday that the other aspirants, including former President John Mahama, see him as a threat in the January 26, 2019 race. “I can tell you without fear, I’m one of the aspirants that all the candidates are lobbying serious. I’ve been having sleepless night; opinion leaders coming to me to throw my weight [behind them]. I’m a threat to most of them,” he told journalists after he and two other aspirants met minority members in parliament.
The other candidates who met the minority MPs are Prof. Josuah Alabi and Goosie Tanoh. Mr. Atubiga was among the eight persons who picked nomination forms to contest the primary to elect a flagbearer to lead the party into the 2020 general elections.
For him, “political ex-convicts are the best presidents in the whole world,” citing the late Nelson Mandela and Kwame Nkrumah who came from Prison to become presidents. By editors.3news.com|Ghana