Mbazuluike Amaechi, a First Republic Aviation Minister, on
Thursday warned political parties against ignoring the Southeast ahead of the
2023 presidential election.
Amaechi warned that ignoring the Southeast ahead of the 2023
elections would not be a good sign for Nigeria.
While reacting to the emergence of former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP.
The elder statesman also noted that whoever emerges as the
presidential candidate of PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, is “my
man.”
According to Amaechi: “All political parties are the
products of our efforts to find a nation called Nigeria, and therefore, I’m the
father of them all. Sometimes on May 29th, 2021, I summoned a meeting of APC
and PDP in the Southeast and told them that it’s true that the Igbos have been
disenfranchised in Nigeria and so deprived of their rights.
“Still, if they are going to fight for it, they have to
unite and reduce the number of candidates they are having. As far as I’m
concerned, whosoever wins, be it APC or PDP, is my man.
“If APC also fails to announce a candidate from the
Southeast, this could lead to misunderstanding and ignoring the Southeast would
not be a good sign for Nigeria.”
Atiku clinched the PDP presidential ticket during the
party’s convention in Abuja on Saturday.
The Waziri of Adamawa defeated Governor Nyesom Wike of
Rivers State, Saraki and other presidential aspirants to emerge as the party’s
candidate.
Atiku polled 371 votes ahead of Wike who had 237 votes, and
Saraki with 70.
Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, scored 38;
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, polled 20 votes; Anyim Pius Anyim scored
14, Sam Ohabunwa polled 1 and Olivia Tariela also scored one vote.
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