South-East Governors on Saturday
expressed shock over Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s choice of Peter Obi as his running
mate for the 2019 presidential election.
The
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the zone took same stand.
Their position was made known by
the Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum and governor of Ebonyi State,
Chief David Umahi
He, however, said that the
Presidential candidate of the Party, Atiku will meet with South East leaders
over the choice of his running mate.
He announced this in Enugu while
addressing journalists after emergency meeting of the PDP stakeholders in the
South East.
According to him, the meeting was
to brainstorm on the various news making the rounds in the social media
concerning purported choice of the former governor of Anambra state as Atiku’s
running mate.
He said both PDP governors in the
zone and indeed other stakeholders were shocked over the news of a vice
presidential slot given to Ndigbo whereas no former notice to that effect was
given.
Umahi revealed that Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar sent in message during their meeting informing them that he was out of
the country on a short period and pleaded with them to remain calm that he will
be coming down to the zone to dialogue with leaders.
“We saw news flying up and down
saying that our presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has picked a
running mate from the zone.
“We were shocked because we were
not consulted. While we were meeting, Atiku sent message that he travelled out
of the country for a short period. He promised to come down and meet with South
East leaders,” he said.
Similarly, the vice chairman of
the PDP, in the South East zone, Augustine Umahi, echoed what the Ebonyi
governor said, stressing that leaders of the party in the zone saw the news of
Obi’s nomination as running mate in the social media.
“Our leaders are saying that we
are not yet aware that such a thing (Obi’s appointment) happened.
“We have gotten in touch him
(Atiku), he is traveling tonight and he promised that when comes back we shall
meet in that.
“Peter Obi is our son, and from
South East, we are not rejecting or accepting him but we are saying is that we
are not aware, you cannot shave a man in his absence,” he said.
The meeting was attended by
Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Okezie Ikpeazu and Deputy Senate President, Ike
Ekweremadu, others were members of the National Assembly from the zone and
other major stakeholders.
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