2023: Ebonyi Assembly Says Southeast Deserves Presidency, Picks Obi, Anyim, Ekweremadu, Others As Potential Candidates

The Ebonyi State House of Assembly on Monday gave the hierarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seven days’ ultimatum to zone the 2023 presidential ticket to the Southeast.

The speaker of the Assembly, Hon Francis Nwifuru, stated this while addressing newsmen after the resolution of the House, which was supported by 22 members of the House.

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THE WHSITLER reports that the House has 24 members.

According to the speaker, the national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, should also retain his position, as the party’s tradition stipulated such.

He said, “Nigeria’s unity is hinged on the principles of equity, justice and fairness. In furtherance of the above principles, the Ebonyi State House of Assembly draws the attention of the hierarchy of the PDP to the fact that the position of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come 29th May, 2023, be zoned to the Southeast.”

They unanimously observed that since the inception of the current democratic dispensation, that the Southeast had supported all the presidential candidates from other zones, thus ‘the time had come for our zone to take the shot’.

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In the speaker’s words, “Since 1999 till date, the five states of the Southeast have always delivered the presidential candidates of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). For equity, justice and fairness, the position of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come 2023 be zoned to the Southeast.”

They unanimously picked Peter Obi, Sen Anyim Pius Anyim, Sen Ike Ekweremadu, Sen Theodore Orji, and Achike Udenwa as potential candidates deserving of the presidency.

According to them, “We have qualified people who are very much available for this position. We did not mention our governors not because they are not qualified, but these highly qualified persons are not holding positions currently and there are other eminent qualified Igbo leaders as well who are trusted, competent, capable and reliable.

“We therefore give the PDP a seven days’ ultimatum to convoke the National Executive Committee of the party and zone the position of the presidency to the Southeast Nigeria.”

They further resolved that failure to abide by the resolution, the House would ‘leave no stone unturned in taking decisive actions to ensure that traditions and dividends of democracy are respected in our party’.

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