The widow of the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola made the statement on Tuesday while talking to journalists ahead of the PDP national convention that begins today.
She stated that the President is using her presidential nomination form which pre-qualified him for the convention.
It would be recalled that Abiola, who is one of the PDP presidential aspirants, had insisted that she would not abide by the decision of the party to endorse Jonathan as its sole candidates.
In a bid to realise her ambition, the only female presidential aspirants among those aspiring to rule the country has gone to court to challenge the decision of the leadership of the ruling party.
According to Thisday newspaper report online, Prof. Abiola explained that despite paying her N2million nomination form and also being the first aspirant to pay for the presidential form, the party has denied her the form.
She described the action of the party against her and millions of voters as discriminatory and a coup d’etat against democracy.
“It is an abrogation of the constitution, a flagrant violation of fundamental human rights and contrary to all international protocols and conventions to which Nigeria is a signatory including the United Nations Charter. Succinctly put, this is a clear case of political violence against women.
“This has become a global conversation as the endorsement of one aspirant cannot metamorphose into the trampling on the fundamental right.
“In the interest of integrity, transparency and accountability, we submit that form 001 should have been given to me, since I was the first to pay and the first to arrive the party secretariat for the form,” she said.
Prof. Abiola disclosed that she has been excluded from the party convention, even as a presidential aspirant.
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