Imo Ugochinyere, CUPP spokesman, in a statement, wondered what or who the president was afraid of.
He noted that CUPP consensus candidate and “the candidate of Nigerians for the election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, flew over 16 hours all the way from the United States of America and got to the venue of the debate just to keep his word to Nigerians that he was ready to debate with President Buhari only for the President to run away.
“We reiterate our earlier position that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is ready and willing to debate with President Buhari any day, any time even if
President Buhari is the one that will set the questions and choose the venue.
“Our challenge will provide Nigerians the rare opportunity to assess the intellectual incapacity and verify the hollowness and lack of depth of the the president and his thought process.
“The CUPP is in support of the position of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar not to participate in the debate in the absence of the President who is the
main challenger of Alhaji Atiku in the 2019 Presidential election.
“We await President Buhari to accept this Atiku Challenge or hide his face in shame!”
