Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, presidential candidate of the Peoples Trust in the 2019 national elections is expected to announce his membership of one the 18 registered political parties soon
At one of the meetings in the critical days leading to the 2019 national elections, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim confidently fielded questions from journalists at a high-brow hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos. The sessions had become, somewhat, regular as he adopted the select group of journalists as an important think-tank that he traded ideas with on his presidential ambition. At the time, he was funding a new political organisation, widely advertised as the Thrid Force, besides the two major political parties. The group, the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) had become an umbrella for fresh faces, who offered a viable alternative to Nigerians. The likes of Mr. Fela Durotoye and Dr. Elishama Ideh were jostling for the presidential ticket of the party with Olawepo-Hashim.