The Chief Whip of the 9th Senate, Orji Uzir Kanlu has cited
a lack of support from other geo-political zones as the major reason an
indigene of the Southeast cannot succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
In a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, the lawmaker
called on the two major political parties in the country, the All Progressives
Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to zone their tickets to
the Southeast for equity and fairness.
He said other regions in the South had produced a president
and a Vice since the country returned to democracy except for the Southeast.
He said he would jettison his presidential ambition and opt
to return to the Senate in 2023 if the north fails to support the Igbo
presidency.
“The situation in Nigeria is that without the support of
other regions, it would amount to a shadow chase for a South Easterner to be
President, he said.
“This is the reason I have been in the frontline of the call
that the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zone their presidential tickets to the South
East as they did for the South West in 1999.
“In the absence of this zoning, I shall return to the Senate and stay away from the presidential contest. The reality is that the North is more advantageous to win elections in this democratic setting”.
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