President
Buhari has been endorsed for a second term by some South-eastern public
figures who are satisfied with his administration.
President Muhammadu Buhari
Frontline leaders and politicians yesterday agreed to back
President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term come 2019 according to The
Nation.
They said they will only gun for the plum office after expiration of the president’s second term.
These were the highpoints after a brainstorming session in Owerri,
the Imo State capital. The decisions came on the heels of former
President Olusegun Obasanjo’s clamour for Igbo Presidency in 2019.
At the well attended meeting, a former Senate President, Ken
Nnamani, emerged leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the
Southeast.
It was also disclosed that three current governors in the zone will be joining the APC soon.
Those in attendance at the meeting held at the Imo International
Convention Centre (IICC) were: Ken Nnamani, Emeka Offor, Ifeanyi
Araraume, George Moughalu, Tony Eze, Ebuka Onunkwo, Jombo Offor, Eze
Madumere, members of the National Working Committee of APC, as well as
other prominent politicians from the zone.
Speaking after a closed door meeting, the host governor, Rochas
Okorocha, said: “Now that Igbo leaders are together in APC, Nigerians
will hear us.
“There is a vaccum of leadership in the South-East APC. I am a
Governor. My brothers Chris Ngige and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu are ministers.
“Hence the importance of Ken Nnamani coming at this time. I declined leadership of Ndi-Igbo in APC.
“With Ken Nnamani, the question of who is the leader of APC in
the Southeast has been answered. Ken Nnamani is the leader of APC in the
South-East.”
He went on: “Senator Nnamani should then work with other
leaders like Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Jim Nwobodo and a host of others to
give Ndi-Igbo Political direction.
“Those who have joined the Party or who want to join should do
so to build the Party and not to cause Confusion. APC is the right Party
for the Igbo and the only Party that can guarantee Igbo Presidency”.
He went: “We are going to support President Muhammadu Buhari for the eight years he is going to lead the nation.
“This is the time for Ndi-Igbo to come and work together. We
are also going to use the Anambra election to show that APC has arrived
Southeast.
“The Igbo played bad politics in 2015. Today we have lost a lot. We are not anywhere because of our bad politics.”
Okorocha also disclosed three governors in the zone were in touch with him to join the APC soon.
He added that being the only APC governor in the Southeast does not
give him joy and advised that other political leaders in the
geopolitical zone should take “advantage of the moment and come into APC.”
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