More opposition parties in Lagos on Friday denied involvement in the endorsement of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Jide Sanwoolu for 2019.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 45 opposition parties, under the Coalition of the Progressive People’s Party (CPPP) were reported to have endorsed Sanwoolu at a meeting on Nov.2.

According to the media reports, some of the listed parties in the endorsement of Sanwoolu include Progressives People’s Alliance, New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Kowa Party, Independent Democrats, Accord, Action Alliance, and People’s Redemption Party (PRP).

Also named were the Coalition for Change (C4C), Young Democratic Party (YDP), Action People’s Party (APP), Youth Progressive Party and Better Nigeria People’s Party (BNPP) and People’s Democratic Movement (PDM).

KOWA and PPA have since denied involvement in the endorsement, saying they were wrongly listed.

At a news conference on Friday in Lagos, a group of other opposition parties including Independent Democrat (ID), Accord, C4C, AA and PDM also denied attending the endorsement meeting.

•Excerpted from Daily Trust report