Sullivan Chime, former governor
of Enugu state, says the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will
have the final say on the zone that gets the presidency in 2023.
Chime said this while fielding
questions from reporters following the campaign visit of President Muhammadu
Buhari to the state.
The former governor said the
appropriate organ of the party would make the decision at the appropriate time.
He said the party was currently
preoccupied with the re-election bid of Buhari.
Chime allayed the fears in
certain quarters that the south-west was positioning to usurp the opportunity
of the south-east to produce the president in 2023.
“At the appropriate time, the
party will take a final decision. However, we have always been of the view that
we have the reason to say it will come to us,” he said.
“The reason is simple: Power is
shared between northern and southern Nigeria. The south-west and south-south
had taken their turns remaining the south-east.”
Chime, however, said the
south-east must work to justify its clamour to produce the president in 2023.
He called on the people of the
zone to vote massively for Buhari in the February 16 presidential election.
During the APC presidential
campaign in the state, Rotimi Amaechi, director-general of the Buhari Campaign
Organisation, had said the south-east will produce the president in 2023.
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