A former governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke, has said he is still in the presidential race and on the ballot for the 2019 elections. The National Executive Committee of the Social Democrats Party had yesterday met in Abuja and endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress as its party candidate. In a statement issued on Thursday, Donald Duke said the SDP’s endorsement is rather unfortunate and betrays the desire of majority of party members. “Regardless and for the avoidance of doubt, I Donald Duke, remain on the ballot and the candidate of the SDP as recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). “READ ALSO: Assailants lure, kill estate developer, hide corpse in bush corpsebushDOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON

Source: Punch February 08, 2019 08:26 UTC